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==Also see==
==Also see==
*[[East Africa]] for general information about British African regiments such as the King's African Rifles, and  the East African Mounted Rifles.
*[[East Africa]] for general information about British African regiments such as the King's African Rifles, and  the East African Mounted Rifles.
==Regimental and Corps Histories==
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : the Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914-18'' by Sir Martin Farndale 1988. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01008145796
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers  Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38'' edited by H.L. Pritchard  1952. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008913272 . Also available from the Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE), as a book or part of  a CD-ROM.<ref>[https://www.instre.org/pages/publications/books-for-sale/corps-history.php Corps History] and [https://www.instre.org/pages/publications/current-publications/corps-history-cd-rom.php Corps History CD-ROM]  The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)</ref>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 09:53, 13 December 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.

Regimental and Corps Histories

  • History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : the Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914-18 by Sir Martin Farndale 1988. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008145796
  • History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38 edited by H.L. Pritchard 1952. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008913272 . Also available from the Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE), as a book or part of a CD-ROM.[1]

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
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. Corps History and Corps History CD-ROM The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)
  2. 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.
  3. Taking Tanganyika: Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918 by Christopher J. Thornhill. Naval & Military Press.
  4. athelstan. In German Gaols Great War Forum 22 April 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2018.