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Description: | 3 folders of ms and ts papers (287pp, with 6 sketch maps) collected by him (1914 - 1956) for his history of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment (1914 - 1918), during which time he served as Aide-de-Camp to Colonel R E Murray, Commanding Officer of the Northern Rhodesia Police (attached to the King's African Rifles), including a full account of the part played by the Northern Rhodesia Regiment during the East African campaign (1914 - 1918), a history of the British South Africa Police Service (1914 - 1918), extracts from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel R E Murray (October 1915 - April 1916 and March 1917 - February 1918) and of Brigadier General (later Major General Sir Edward) Northey (July 1916 - May 1917), and correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hordern (1936 - 1937) regarding the preparation of the volume of the official history by the Committee of Imperial Defence, covering military operations in East Africa from 1916 to 1917.
Cataloguer PJG
Catalogue date 1994-08-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hopkins, F A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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