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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled by  Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was the only volume  published.
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled by  Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was the only volume  published.
 
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
 
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
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*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa'']  by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London,  c 1920 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich "Some Notes on Tactics in the East African Campaign"] by Brig-General S H Sheppard from ''The Journal of the United Service Institution of India''  Vol. XLVIII April 1919 pages 138-157. Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesontacti00sheprich "Some Notes on Tactics in the East African Campaign"] by Brig-General S H Sheppard from ''The Journal of the United Service Institution of India''  Vol. XLVIII April 1919 pages 138-157. Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/statisticsofmili00grea#page/715/mode/1up "List of published despatches on Military Operations during the Great War"] page 715 ''Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920'' The War Office HMSO 1922. Includes East Africa.  Locate these in ''The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100079 World War 1 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief.  thegazette.co.uk.
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/statisticsofmili00grea#page/715/mode/1up "List of published despatches on Military Operations during the Great War"] page 715 ''Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920'' The War Office HMSO 1922. Includes East Africa.  Locate these in ''The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100079 World War 1 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief.  thegazette.co.uk.
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*[https://archive.org/details/lifeoffrederickc00milluoft ''Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers'']  by J G Millais 1919 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on the East African Campaign.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeoffrederickc00milluoft ''Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers'']  by J G Millais 1919 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on the East African Campaign.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/eastafricanforce00fend ''The East African Force 1915-1919; an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during that period''] by Brigadier General C P Fendall 1921 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022533734.0x000002  British Library Digital Collection edition] where the images may be rotated.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/eastafricanforce00fend ''The East African Force 1915-1919; an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during that period''] by Brigadier General C P Fendall 1921 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022533734.0x000002  British Library Digital Collection edition] where the images may be rotated.
*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa'']  by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London, c 1920 Archive.org
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*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/Kings-African-Rifles-Study-in-Military-History-East-and-Central-Africa-1890-1945.asp ''The King’s African Rifles: A Study in the Military History of East and Central Africa, 1890-1945''] by Lieutenant-Colonel H Moyse-Bartlett 1956. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Requires Flash turned on, if you see a Flash icon, click it.
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*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Requires Flash turned on, if you see a Flash icon, click it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ Archive.org version].  [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version].
 
*[https://archive.org/details/withnigeriansing00down ''With the Nigerians in German East Africa''] [Nigeria Regiment] by Captain  W D Downes 1919 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/withnigeriansing00down ''With the Nigerians in German East Africa''] [Nigeria Regiment] by Captain  W D Downes 1919 Archive.org
 
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi203edinuoft#page/324/mode/2up "Beho Chini"] [Bweho Chini] by ‘Ba-Ture’ page 324 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 203 January-June 1918. Archive.org. Nigerians in German East Africa
 
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi203edinuoft#page/324/mode/2up "Beho Chini"] [Bweho Chini] by ‘Ba-Ture’ page 324 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no 203 January-June 1918. Archive.org. Nigerians in German East 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/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines  1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons.
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines  1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons. Also available in other online versions, see [[First World War#Naval|First World War-Historical books online-Naval]].
 
*[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.
 
*[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.

Revision as of 11:32, 11 October 2018

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

Also see

  • East Africa for general information about British African regiments such as the King's African Rifles, and the East African Mounted Rifles.

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

Photographs

  • Photo page from On Call In Africa 1910-1932 Dr Norman Parsons Jewell in Seychelles and East Africa. Scroll down for a link to the photographs on the Mary Evans Picture Library, including WW1 war photos which commence image 25, page 3, or direct link. Catalogue details for the photographs. Dr Norman Parsons Jewell served as a Medical Officer with the British Army East African Medical Service throughout the First World War in East Africa and was awarded the Military Cross.

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.
See below for the one despatch for Rhodesia, and one for East Africa.
Transcribed reports by Dr W W Pike on the medical services in East Africa in the Medical Archive gweaa.com. Includes British East Africa and German East Africa, the latter publication is titled Report On Medical And Sanitary Matters In German East Africa 1917, published 1918.
Other Indian Army regimental histories see 101st Grenadiers- service in East Africa, including Tanga;
"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
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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 5 June 2018.
  2. Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918 by Christopher J. Thornhill. Naval & Military Press.
  3. athelstan. In German Gaols Great War Forum 22 April 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2018.