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The Burmah Oil Company

Please note that all of the images on this page have been supplied by BP Archives. 
They have been supplied either in the form of publicity material (the candle cards etc.) or else
have been copied from the in-house publication "The Burmah Group Magazine," in which case they
are watermarked and easily identifiable.  We have kindly been permitted to reproduce the images here. 
​If you wish to use any of this material elsewhere then you must ask permission from BP Archives.
The data sets are the work of our members. We reserve all publishing rights on these data sets.

                                                                                                   
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Background Information

Engineers, Geologists and M.O.'s
Staff Assistants
Marine and Riverine
Burma Employees A-Z
Employees Various

Please note that although there are just over two thousand names contained in these lists, we do not by any means suggest that they are complete.  
If you know someone is missing please send us
the details and we will update our lists.
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Lim Chin Tsong

The story of a man who was instrumental in the early development of Burmah Oil. More family history can be found here, including photos of his palace on Kokine Hill.

Almost all of the individuals in the photos below are named and it
is certain also that some of the individuals did not belong to the B.O.C.

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Chauk 1937
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Nyounghla 1921
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Nyounghla 1923

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Yenangyaung 1915
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Baptism, Burma Fields 1940
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Chauk 1937

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Payday
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H.S. Bowlby (R) and Gus Stirling shared
​this bachelor pad at Nyaunghla

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"On the Road" - 1914
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Typical "fair-weather" road
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A solution to the 
crowded roads
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Yenangyaung Club, 1939
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Cricket? Lanywa 1939
Back row, six from right:- Granville Gerald Champion Streatfeild, d. 1954
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Tennis, Syriam
early 1900's

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Polo, Magwe, early 1920's
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Syriam Pony Club 1908
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Soccer, Magwe 1927
2nd row centre, believed to be Samuel Simkins

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Snipe hunting - Paunglin 1920's
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Harriers, early 1900's

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Volunteer Rifles
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The Yenangyaung Cinema
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Yenangyaung Club Members

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Back row, left to right- H.D. Kippen, W.G. Stocks, H. Roper, and P.D.M. Lingeman
Bottom row, left to right - C.W. Armstrong, N.D. Malcolmson and T. Webster
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​Page updated 15th January 2025