Documents concerning certain evacuations from Singapore on 13 Feb 1942. Copy of statements from fellow internees taken down and typed by Thomas during internment in Changi Gaol concerning the actions of Brigadier Simson, Major Nunn (Director of Public Works), and F.D. Bisseker in issuing passes to British male civilians, many from the Public Works Department, to leave Singapore on 13 Feb 1942, with Thomas's comments and evaluation; further notes written by Thomas in Kerenko prisoner of war...

Cuttings from The Times, Singapore Morning Tribune, Malaya Tribune, Evening Standard, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, and Daily Telegraph, dealing with the Japanese treatment of internees, Dalforce, Far Eastern despatches, the sinking of HMSS 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse', Royal Air Force (RAF) actions in...

Correspondence initiated by General Percival concerning the treatment of non-European other ranks of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, and Dalforce regarding back pay, compensation, and widows' and orphans' allowances during the occupation of Malaya (Malaysia); Percival's and Thomas's pressure for a fair deal for the men and their awareness that Communist elements in Malaya (Malaysia) might attempt to make political capital out of the British...

Correspondence with the Colonial Office relating to the official despatches on the campaign in Malaya (Malaysia) and Thomas's attempts to rectify what he believed to be unjust and unjustified allegations of non-cooperation and unpreparedness on the part of the civil government and civilian population in matters of Civil Defence and Air-Raid Precautions; extracts from Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham's despatch, with comments by Thomas; and Thomas's comments on General Percival's...

Correspondence and memoranda relating to General Percival's despatch on operations of Malaya (Malaysia) command, 8 Dec 1941-15 Feb 1942; summary of despatch with Thomas's notes and comments putting the case of the civil government and the civilian population in the defence of Malaya (Malaysia); Colonial Office proposals to War Office regarding alterations in the proposed text and the suggestion of adding footnotes attributed to the Colonial Office; draft text of proposals and note of...

Correspondence and memoranda relating to Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby's despatch; Thomas's comments on drafts of Maltby's despatch, with Maltby's observations; correspondence with General Percival, L.H. Gorsuch, and S.W. Jones (Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements) about air-raid precautions in Singapore, together with a letter from John Jeans (Passive Defence Service) to A.H. Dickinson on the same subject; copy of Colonial Office letter to the Air Ministry about the publication of...