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Folder of papers relating to work of the Battle Honours Committee, including ‘WO BHC First Report ‘Confidential’, May 1955, relevant Special Army Orders and ACI, January 1956, press cutting of January 1956 describing the Committee’s work, typescript WO memorandum of the CIGS to Regiments, reminding them of the lower intensity of conflict which characterized World War Two as a whole, and the need to preserve the traditional status of the Battle Honour by avoiding a multiplicity of awards, series of Wo Lists detailing the award of Battle of Honours for World War Two, including those to be borne on Colours, October 1956 to July 1958, report of Battles Nomenclature Committee on the official names of World War Two battles, actions and engagements, 1956 (2 copies), typescript letter from Brig Thurburn in his capacity as Battle Honours Committee Secretary, to Maj Gen W R Beddington, 6 Mar 1957, providing information about the work of the Committee to assist Sir Arthur Bryant in the preparation of an article on Battle Honours in the ‘Illustrated London News’, manuscript and typescript lists of awards, May 1955 to July 1958, also a series of maps (Abyssinia and Burma), and hand drawn plans covering many of the British Army’s operations and theatres during World War Two, together with manuscript lists, and letter from H F Joslin (Cabinet Office Historical Section), of May 1956, on a question concerning the boundary of the Burma Front with India. From a collection of papers of Brig Roy Gilbert Thurburn relating to his military career, 1939-1952.