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*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes a chapter on  East Africa.  
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes a chapter on  East Africa.  
*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n273/mode/2up "East Africa"], page 253.  
*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n273/mode/2up "East Africa"], page 253.  
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7067 "Military affairs in Rhodesia from the outbreak of the war to the beginning of 1916"] ''The London Gazette''13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7067. Includes
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7067 "Military affairs in Rhodesia from the outbreak of the war to the beginning of 1916"] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7067. Includes
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7070 The Tanganyika Naval Expedition] [1915-1916] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7070. This incident inspired ''The African Queen'', the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester and  1951 film (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and was retold in the book ''Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle for Lake Tanganyika'' by Giles Foden.
**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7070 The Tanganyika Naval Expedition] [1915-1916] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7070. This incident inspired ''The African Queen'', the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester and  1951 film (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and was retold in the book ''Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle for Lake Tanganyika'' by Giles Foden.
*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes South West Africa.
*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes South West Africa.
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*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato  1919. Archive.org Includes "The Navy in East Africa"
*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato  1919. Archive.org Includes "The Navy in East Africa"
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs  ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs''].  Select ''Volume 2:  East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf.  Published London c 1920.  Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs  ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs''].  Select ''Volume 2:  East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf.  Published London c 1920.  Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious.
*[https://archive.org/details/storyoflionhuntw00wienrich ''The story of a lion hunt; with some of the hunter's military adventures during the war''] by Arnold Weinholt, late Intelligence Corps [British East Africa] 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/storyoflionhuntw00wienrich ''The story of a lion hunt; with some of the hunter's military adventures during the war''] by Arnold Weinholt, late Intelligence Corps [British East Africa] 1922 Archive.org

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Sixth Avenue Nairobi, British East Africa c 1915 sent by John Flatman who was probably in British East Africa with the Indian Army

Also Includes some other regions of Africa.

FIBIS resources

External links

Somaliland 1920: The Final Campaign against the “Mad Mullah”. Includes Indian Army troops.

Maps

Historical books online

The Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week.

South-West Africa Campaign

The South-West Africa Campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa (Namibia) by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British Government at the beginning of the First World War.

Togoland and the Cameroons