Major C.H.F. Blake (fl 1920-1990) was present in Malaya during the Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. He also served in Malaya as District Officer, was stationed at Government House, Singapore in 1948, and later held the post of Secretary of the Perak State War Executive Committee during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. He was the author of A view from within. the last years of British rule in South-East Asia (Castle Cary, Mendip Publishing, 1990).

Papers relating to service, including memoranda, reports, minutes, etc., [1942-1960].

Major Blake deposited the papers with the Oxford Development Records Project, at the suggestion of Professor R. Heussler, on 16th November 1983.

The papers were transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project in November 1983.

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Listed as no. 665 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

Memoirs and further Malayan Civil Service papers, 20th century (ref. MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 301).

Blake | C.H.F. | fl 1920-1990 | Major | soldier and colonial officer

Great Britain | Colonies | Administration

Malaysia | History | Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

Malaysia | History | 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 | Malaysia