map, Burma, Siam and French Indo China

description

Physical description

A silk map, 44C & D, side C of Burma (south), Siam (Thailand) (west central) and French Indo China (part of) with declared scale of 1:1,000,000, side D with Burma (extreme south) and Siam (Thailand) (south), with inset showing adjacent territories and map coverage.

History note

J. W. Ellis was born in London in 1921. In 1944 he was parachuted into France as a wireless operator in the Jedburgh team MINARET, operating in the GARD area. He later served in Malaya and India as part of SOE's Force 136. Arm and branch of service and other details not known.

Object details

Category

Maps

Related period

Second World War (association)

Materials

Map: silk

whole: cloth

Dimensions

whole: 23" x 38"

Catalogue number

EPH 3649

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