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Showing a patch of bamboo growing in the gardens.

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Showing a patch of bamboo growing in the gardens.

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300 x 100 mm. panoramic view of Singapore in the 1920s by F. Hill-Cottingham

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271 x 202 mm. Duplicate of BAM 1/14.

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204 x 156 mm. A view looking along the waterside steps of the Boat Quay, with twakoys moored at the right.

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

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258 x 294 mm. View of the ornamental lake in the Botanical Gardens.

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128 x 78 mm. glossy print.

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An account of Churchill's experience of Communism in Malaya from 1926 to the post-1945 Emergency (3 copies, 17 sheets).

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Prepared by the Association of British Civilian Internees Far East Region. The volume is a full size replica of the original which was dedicated and placed in the Church of St Michael's Cornhill on 24 May 2009.

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An album of photographs, most measuring 205 x 55 mm, accompanied by a typed list, which has been reproduced.

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Exercise book recording the purchase and delivery of food, footwear, clothing, bedding, kitchen utensils, medical supplies and other items (47 pages).

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A diary and two official reports.

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105 x 70 mm.

Scope and Contents An undated 16 mm, black-and-white cinefilm, without sound. Written on the film can is ‘Bombay, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Karachi’.0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate...

Scope and Contents 0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate headdress, long necklace and tapping a drum-like instrument (?) whilst turning in circles.55sec - 59sec. River scene, with boats.59sec - 1...

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Numbers 1-32; 34.

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Two copies of a memoir outlining daily activities in the camp, which was given to Hugh Bryson by C. E. Collinge, the Men's Representative to the Japanese. Collinge himself received it from an internee, whose name he had forgotten (14 sheets).

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An account of D.S. Ainger's experiences as a prisoner of war at Changi Camp between 15 Feb. 1942 and 15 Aug. 1945.

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A copy of a reflection written by prisoner of war J. Coutts Milne on 15 Feb. 1945, the third anniversary of his internment in Changi. It is accompanied by a letter to Hugh Bryson (14 sheets).

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Numbers 1-208, 210-262. Sheets are missing from Numbers 75 and 100. Number 209 was withheld by the camp authorities.

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The nominal roll documents each internee’s name, date entered camp, age, camp address, nationality and pre-war occupation. It is arranged in three parts: men, women and children. Evidence suggests that this was a working document, as it contains annotations in pencil and ink.

Sheets of press cuttings on the liberation of Singapore, originally stored with the nominal roll, have been moved to RCMS 103/12/22/6.

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The nominal roll documents each internee’s name, date entered camp, age, camp address, nationality and pre-war occupation. It is arranged in three parts: men, women and children. Evidence suggests that this was a working document, as it contains annotations in pencil and ink.

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A mounted sketch of a male work party.

Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence between Hugh Bryson and C. A. Vlieland discussing the reasons for the defeat in Malaya. The file includes a copy of Vlieland’s article ‘Singapore: the legend and the facts’, ‘Daily telegraph’, 10 Feb. 1967 and his comments on Noel Barber’s ‘Sinister twilight: the fall and rise again of Singapore’ (1968). The file contains a paper by Brigadier Ivan Simson discussing Vlieland’s views. It also preserves correspondence between Bryson, A. H. Dickinson and Charles...