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**[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/stream/unitedempire09royauoft#page/287/mode/1up "Naval Operations in Central Africa"] by Commander G B Spicer Simson RN,  page 287 ''United Empire The Royal Colonial Institute Journal''  Volume IX New Series 1918  Archive.org. The Tanganyika Naval Expedition.
***[https://archive.org/stream/unitedempire09royauoft#page/287/mode/1up "Naval Operations in Central Africa"] by Commander G B Spicer Simson RN,  page 287 ''United Empire The Royal Colonial Institute Journal''  Volume IX New Series 1918  Archive.org. The Tanganyika Naval Expedition.
*''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918'' by Christopher J. Thornhill c 1937 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/taking-tanganyika-experiences-of-an-intelligence-officer-1914-1918/ ''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918'']  by Christopher J. Thornhill. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.<ref>[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8zdzOfWaRVpBjFOt2 ''Taking Tanganyika''] fold3 (located in World War2/Military books/East Africa)</ref>
*''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918'' by Christopher J. Thornhill c 1937 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/taking-tanganyika-experiences-of-an-intelligence-officer-1914-1918/ ''Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918'']  by Christopher J. Thornhill. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8zdzOfWaRVpBjFOt2 online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3](located in World War2/Military books/East Africa).
*[https://archive.org/details/fourthsupplement00grea ''Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 2nd of April, 1918''] Archive.org . The Supplement date is 5 April 1918.  East Africa.  
*[https://archive.org/details/fourthsupplement00grea ''Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of Tuesday, the 2nd of April, 1918''] Archive.org . The Supplement date is 5 April 1918.  East 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.
*[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/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.209017/2015.209017.Francis-Brett#page/n115/mode/2up " ‘Marching on Tanga’ "]  Chapter XI,  page 109 ''Francis Brett Young'' by  E G Twitchett 1935 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Comments about the book.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.209017/2015.209017.Francis-Brett#page/n115/mode/2up " ‘Marching on Tanga’ "]  Chapter XI,  page 109 ''Francis Brett Young'' by  E G Twitchett 1935 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Comments about the book.
*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/Historical-Record-101st-Grenadiers-1778-1923.asp ''Historical Record of the 101st Grenadiers, 1778-1923''] 2nd edition 1928. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Note: to view the document you require Flash (turned on). Includes WW1 service in East Africa, including Tanga, and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].
*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/Historical-Record-101st-Grenadiers-1778-1923.asp ''Historical Record of the 101st Grenadiers, 1778-1923''] 2nd edition 1928. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Note: to view the document you require Flash (turned on). Includes WW1 service in East Africa, including Tanga, and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].
*For an Indian Army regimental history, see [[4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers]], the history available on fold3 (Ancestry owned pay website). Includes service in East Africa.
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/720/mode/2up "A Side Show (to the memory of some very gallant gentlemen)"] by "Ganpat" (M L A G) page 721 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no  199 Jan-June 1916. Archive.org.  [Tanga, East Africa]
*[https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/720/mode/2up "A Side Show (to the memory of some very gallant gentlemen)"] by "Ganpat" (M L A G) page 721 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', no  199 Jan-June 1916. Archive.org.  [Tanga, East Africa]
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742748?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Sketches of The East Africa Campaign''] by Capt. Robert V. Dolbey, R.A.M.C.  1918 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/sketchesoftheeas10362gut transcribed Project Gutenberg edition]  Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10362 Gutenberg.org].
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742748?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Sketches of The East Africa Campaign''] by Capt. Robert V. Dolbey, R.A.M.C.  1918 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/sketchesoftheeas10362gut transcribed Project Gutenberg edition]  Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10362 Gutenberg.org].

Revision as of 15:11, 4 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.
"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 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.