Correspondence of the Chief Commissioner of the Brigade Overseas, 1935 - 1944

The correspondence concerns Colonel Sleeman's impressions of the Commandery in Southern Africa of the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, South African police forces' knowledge of first aid and their becoming connected with the local St John Ambulance Brigade; the defensive arrangements of Singapore and Malaya [Malaysia]; the work of the St John Ambulance Brigade Overseas in Burma [Myanmar]; the influence that the Second World War had on the Brigade Overseas; and Colonel Sleeman's visit to Tobago in 1934 - 1935.

The broadcasts concern Colonel Sleeman's opinions, knowledge, and visit to Brigade activities in India and first aid activities there, and a jubilee of the Brigade Overseas.