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Collection Description
The Thomas Rees Papers contain photocopies of some of the official
papers of Major-General Thomas Wynford Rees (1898–1959), CB,
CIE, DSO, MC, DL, late Indian Army. Rees’s military career began
in the First World War and subsequently saw him serve in Waziristan,
Iraq and North Africa. The papers at Sussex, however, relate to the
period of August and September 1947 when Rees commanded the peacekeeping
Punjab Boundary Force during the transfer of power to India and Pakistan.
The collection includes material that relates to the military and political
events of the time. Peter Rees allowed the University of Sussex to
make copies of his father’s papers. The originals (and their
copyright) were retained by Mr Rees.
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