Regarding the article on the WDYTYA Magazine website I have managed to get TNA to tell me in which document the correspondence was found in and it was in "BW 84/27: 1945-1946: British Council Scholarships". Shame TNA didn't mention that before, as you will notice Tolkien's name is not in TNA's Discovery catalogue!.
https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine ... -archives/
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J R R Tolkien
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Re: J R R Tolkien
Only nominally (literally) connected but JRRT's First World War Army papers (he was a lieutenant) can be seen at Kew, but the catalogue says sternly:
Presumably they fear the temptation to filch a paper or two from the file would be increased to unacceptable levels because of who it is - I guess even his signature would be worth a lot.This record can only be seen under supervision at The National Archives
Adrian Bruce