East Africa (First World War): Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Line 31: Line 31:
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-charles-stooks Soldiers’ Stories: [Diary extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major Charles Stooks]. The diary of Major Charles Stooks of the 5th Light Infantry, Indian Army,  reveals the difficulties faced by those involved in the final conquest of Germany’s West African colony of Kamerun. nam.ac.uk
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-charles-stooks Soldiers’ Stories: [Diary extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major Charles Stooks]. The diary of Major Charles Stooks of the 5th Light Infantry, Indian Army,  reveals the difficulties faced by those involved in the final conquest of Germany’s West African colony of Kamerun. nam.ac.uk
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-john-montgomery  Soldiers’ Stories: [Letter extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major John Montgomery] Letters sent home by Major John Montgomery, 1st Mounted Rifles (1st Natal Carbineers), describe the successful campaign fought by South African troops in German South-West Africa. nam.ac.uk
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-john-montgomery  Soldiers’ Stories: [Letter extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major John Montgomery] Letters sent home by Major John Montgomery, 1st Mounted Rifles (1st Natal Carbineers), describe the successful campaign fought by South African troops in German South-West Africa. nam.ac.uk
*[http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/captain-alexander-wallace Soldiers’ Stories: [Letter extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Medical Officer Captain Alexander Wallace] joined ‘A’ Company of the British South Africa Police in August 1915, and spent the early part of the war securing the border between Rhodesia and German East Africa. In May 1916 he joined the new British offensive.  Wallace was later Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross for his care of the wounded during the fighting at Mpepo in September 1917. Includes photographs.  nam.ac.uk
*[https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Diaries,_Memorials,_Personal_Reminiscences  Great War Diaries of  John Bruce Cairnie, King's African Rifles] Scroll down  to letter C for  The Great War Diaries - 1917 (King's African Rifles) and The Great War Diaries - 1918/1919 (King's African Rifles).  Cairnie was posted in December 1917 to 5/4 K.A.R. at M’bagathi [Kenya] wwi.lib.byu.edu.
*[https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Diaries,_Memorials,_Personal_Reminiscences  Great War Diaries of  John Bruce Cairnie, King's African Rifles] Scroll down  to letter C for  The Great War Diaries - 1917 (King's African Rifles) and The Great War Diaries - 1918/1919 (King's African Rifles).  Cairnie was posted in December 1917 to 5/4 K.A.R. at M’bagathi [Kenya] wwi.lib.byu.edu.
*[https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Diaries,_Memorials,_Personal_Reminiscences  East African Campaign Diary - Tanzania & Mozambique: 1917 – 1919] by Percival W Probert. Select letter P of Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences wwi.lib.byu.edu, or [http://www.valentina.net/PWP/ Direct link]. If you select pages “Web versions”, note that contents are more extensive than appear, for example the diary continues for over 100 pages. Percival Probert was with the Royal Engineers, Wireless Signals Corps.
*[https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Diaries,_Memorials,_Personal_Reminiscences  East African Campaign Diary - Tanzania & Mozambique: 1917 – 1919] by Percival W Probert. Select letter P of Diaries, Memorials, Personal Reminiscences wwi.lib.byu.edu, or [http://www.valentina.net/PWP/ Direct link]. If you select pages “Web versions”, note that contents are more extensive than appear, for example the diary continues for over 100 pages. Percival Probert was with the Royal Engineers, Wireless Signals Corps.

Revision as of 06:40, 25 March 2017

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.
Introduction; Part I. 17 January - 24 May 1916; Part 2. 25 May - 17 September 1916; Part 3.
 18 September 1916 - 26 February 1917

Maps

Historical books online

Contents page viii; General Index page 583; Index to Arms, Formations and Units page 597; Maps at end of book, after page 603.
"Beho Chini" [Bweho Chini] by ‘Ba-Ture’ page 324 Blackwood’s Magazine, no 203 January-June 1918. Archive.org. Nigerians in German East Africa
"A Nigerian Column" by ‘Ba-Ture’ page 779 Blackwood’s Magazine, no 203 January-June 1918. Archive.org.
The accounts appear to be extracts from the book Flying and Sport in East Africa, by Leo Walmsley1920, available to those in North America, etc on Hathi Trust Digital Library
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

Fiction

References

  1. Gardenerbill. MT Driver Memoir Is there one? Great War Forum 19 January 2015 et al. There is mention of East Africa by Motor Lorry by W W Campbell [William Wallace] and With the Motor Transport in British East Africa by Sgt. William. E. W. Terrell . Retrieved 10 December 2016