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*''Cinderella’s Soldiers – The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve'' by Peter Roger Charlton 2010 and 2nd edition 2018. "The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve fought with distinction against the Germans in the First World War in East and Central Africa. The N.V.R. defended the country after an initial invasion from German East Africa and later pursued the German forces down into Portuguese East Africa and then back north." (Nyasaland is now Malawi).
:The 2018 edition is probably available at the British Library UIN: BLL01019296628, although the full title is not given and the author is not given.
*''The Railway Gazette Special War Transportation Number'', originally published in September 1920, as part of ''The Railway Gazette and Railway News''. Described at the time as ‘the first connected account’ of the role of railways and inland water transport in supporting the British military campaign during the Great War of 1914-18. Contains a wealth of detail on operations on most Fronts inc. the organisation of wartime transportation; statistics and Fronts, including Railway Operations in Macedonia, Mesopotamia, Palestine & East Africa. Available at the British Library as part of UIN: BLL01013904893 or in a 2013 reprint edition UIN: BLL01016871224. Also available in a reprint edition<ref> [https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/railway-gazette-special-great-war-transportation-number/ ''Railway Gazette – Special Great War Transportation Number''] Naval & Military Press.</ref>.
*''Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5A, Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa'', compiled by F.W. Perry c 1992. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006378898 and ''Order of Battle of Divisions. Part 5B, Indian Army Divisions'' compiled by F. W. Perry c 1993 available at the B.L. UIN: BLL01008151437 . The latter is also catalogued with the additional title ''History of the Great War : based on official documents''.
===Articles===
*"26 Sqdn RFC in East Africa" by Mike O’Connor and Ray Vann.''Cross & Cockade International''. In three Parts: pages 138-149, 218-227, 299-306 Volume 50 number 2-3-4, Summer-Winter 2019. [https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/50226SqdnEastAfricaPt1.pdf 1st page only, Part 1], [https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/50326SqdnPt2.pdf 1st page only, Part 2], [https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/50426sdqnPt3.pdf 1st page only, Part 3].
