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Hi

I know it's some time since the last post, but my grandad was Frank Reynolds, and the drawings are amazing! He was a commercial artist and the survey corps used his drawing talents to assist in maps and surveying.

He described to me (he didn't speak about much of the War) the outpost huts where the surveyors were based (ahead of enemy lines) that were basically mud huts with sharpened bamboo sticks pointing out.  There is a picture of this, exactly as he described. 

He said that he was ahead of his own 'line' mapping out transport routes, and to get to the huts, the African guides (May be Kenyan?) went barefoot and kept their army issue boots around their necks to keep them dry!

Because they didn't have all the colours, or good/spare paper, the drawings are on odd pieces and shapes and all have the stamp on them to approve them.

I'll try and upload one in the next few days - there are about fifty wartime drawings I think,

We did speak to the Burma Star / Imp War Museum etc but they weren't interested.... I guess they have a lot of pictures.... Burma always seems a forgotten part of the War (grandad was very cross about that too) he died a few years ago, so we are keen to keep this unforgotten.

Ella