CRAPP, Capt. Melville L., 1943-c. 1983

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Comprises:

(fols. i-xi) personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP) and list of photographs retained by Crapp
(fols. 1-4) responses to aide-mémoire
(fols. 5-21) accounts by African soldiers of a visit to Calcutta (Kolkata), Dec 1943
(fols. 5-21) letters from Aduma Pella (personal servant) M.O.E Ode, and Agt. Igwe to Crapp, 1944-1946
(fols. 5-21) letters from African troops to Crapp after the war, 1946
(fols. 45-71) operation order, 891 Company West Africa Army Service Corps (WAASC) nominal roll, home addresses of repatriated West African troops, brief history of 891 Company and article by Maj. Butterworth on post-war opportunities for West African soldiers, 1945-1946
(fol. 72) War Map of the Burmese Theatre, with 891 Company's routes marked
(items 1-4) periodicals and pamphlets concerning the campaign in Burma (Myanmar), 1945.

Dates

Creation: 1943-c. 1983

Extent

10 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (108)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Capt. M.V. Crapp, born 1918, son of a civil servant. Educated at Eltham College and became clerk in local government. Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) TA, 1939; in France 1939-1940; obtained a commission 1941; and served with the West Africa Army Service Corps, 1942-1946.

Royal West African Army Service Corps, Nigeria, India, and Burma (Myanmar), 1942-1946.