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1. Mss Eur F747

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747
Title:
Papers of Ralph Esmond Selby Tanner (1921-2017), British Army 1939-1946, Burma Frontier Service 1945-1948; and his wife Penelope Tanner (nee Dell) (1918-1985)
Scope & Content:
The collection mostly consists of letters from Ralph Tanner to his parents and his wife Penelope; letters from Penelope Tanner to her husband Ralph and her adopted mother; and unpublished manuscripts by Penelope Tanner.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1982
Extent:
6 boxes

2. Mss Eur F747/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1
Title:
Correspondence
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1948
Extent:
25 folders

3. Mss Eur F747/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/1
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his parents
Scope & Content:
The letters are mostly concerned with his experiences while serving with Layforce, Middle East Forces, including operations on Crete; and in Burma. Includes a letter of reference from Lt Evelyn Waugh, Intelligence Officer, Royal Marines, dated 4 July 1941 (and folios 33v-34v has Tanner's impressi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1941-Dec 1941
Extent:
1 folder (93 folios)

4. Mss Eur F747/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/2
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his parents
Scope & Content:
The letters are mostly concerned with family news, and his experiences in Burma during the retreat from the Japanese invasion, and recovering in hospital in India. Folios 60-61 is part of a letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1942-Dec 1942
Extent:
1 folder (61 folios)

5. Mss Eur F747/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/3
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his parents
Scope & Content:
The letters are mostly concerned with family news, and recovering in hospital in India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1943-Dec 1943
Extent:
1 folder (85 folios)

6. Mss Eur F747/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/4
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his fiancée Penelope Dell
Scope & Content:
The letters cover the period when Ralph Tanner was in England recovering from illness, then working for the War Office. The letters are addressed from the Military Hospital, Shenley, Herts; and the Intelligence Corps Depot, Rotherham, Yorkshire. The letters are mostly concerned with family news, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1943-Feb 1944
Extent:
1 folder (238 folios)

7. Mss Eur F747/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/5
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his fiancée Penelope Dell
Scope & Content:
The letters cover the period when Ralph Tanner was in England working for the War Office. The letters are addressed from the Intelligence Corps Depot, Rotherham, Yorkshire; and the School of Military Intelligence, Smedley's Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire. The letters are mostly concerned with family ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1944-May 1944
Extent:
1 folder (157 folios)

8. Mss Eur F747/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/6
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his wife Penelope Tanner
Scope & Content:
The letters are numbered 242-244, 260-263, 318, 429-430, and 449. Although the envelopes are postmarked 1945, the letters seem to date from 1946. They cover the period when Ralph Tanner was serving in Burma as Second Assistant Resident at Kutkai, Northern Shan States, and later Assistant Resident...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1946-Aug 1946
Extent:

1 folder (45 folios)

9. Mss Eur F747/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/7
Title:
Letters from Ralph Tanner to his wife Penelope Tanner
Scope & Content:
In 1948, Ralph Tanner joined the Colonial Service. The letters in this folder are addressed first from onboard ship as he sailed to Africa on the SS Modasa; then Dar es Salaam; then Lindi, Southern Province [Tanzania].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1948-Jul 1948
Extent:

1 folder (78 folios)

10. Mss Eur F747/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F747/1/8
Title:
Letters from Penelope Dell to her fiancé Ralph Tanner
Scope & Content:
The letters are addressed to him at the Military Hospital, Shenley, Radlett, Herts; and are mostly concerned with family news and concerns for his health.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1943
Extent:

1 folder (64 folios)

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