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Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

King's African Rifles Papers

Memoranda and other papers, [1981-1982], describing the experiences of officers in various East African regiments, c1910s-1960s.
Extents: 19 boxes
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Alexander D. Shirreff, MC, 20th century

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, transcript of responses to aide-memoire, [1978-1984]; xeroxed race card for a meeting in Gimma, South-West Abyssinia, November 1941.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (248) (Box 16)
Extents: 35 Leaves
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Brigadier C.H. Stoneley, OBE, [1935-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire, list of photographs accompanying responses, [1978-1984]; photographs relating to service in Africa; article by Stoneley, Memories of The King's African Rifles in The Journal of the Royal Signals Institution, Vol. XIV, No. 6, Winter 1980.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (263) (Box 17)
Extents: 100 ff., 1 item
Dates: [1935-1984]
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Papers of Brigadier Gerald H. Cree, CBE, DSO, [1930s-1940s], [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; account of a flag march in Mbulu District, Tanzania in 1934, photographs relating to service with African forces, [1930s-1940s].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (57) (Box 3)
Extents: 111 Leaves
Dates: [1930s-1940s], [1978-1984]
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Papers of Brigadier Harold S. Pinder, CBE, MC, 20th century

Photostat letters home, originally written 1912-1914.
Shelfmark: MSS Afr. s. 1715 (215*) (Box 15)
Extents: 99 Leaves
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Brigadier Meyric H. ap Rhys Pryce, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS Afr. s. 1715 (226) (Box 15)
Extents: 18 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Brigadier Percy W.P. Green, CBE, DSO, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, transcript of interview, two stories, relating to Kenya and Tanganyika, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (118) (Box 5)
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Captain Carl A. H. Swift, 20th century

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; printed operation orders, battle procedure and other directives, [c1940s?]; Rubbing Along in Burmese (India. Army. Directorate of Welfare and Education. 1944); maps of Burma, 1943-1944; various cloth and metal badges, 20th century.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (270) (Box 17)
Extents: 24 ff., 6 items
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Captain James Walker, [c1939-1984]

Address card, correspondence between Oxford Development Records Project and Walker's executor; account by Walker of the advance of the 22nd East Africa Infantry Brigade from Garissa to Gimma (Italian Somaliland) in 1941; list of races to be run at Enda Jesus, August 1941; photographs relating to the 22nd East Africa Infantry Brigade advance, 1941; account of the advance of the 11th East Africa Division from the River Tana to Addis Ababa in 1941, with relevant photographs. responses to…
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (285) (Box 18)
Extents: 100 Leaves : The account of the advance of the 11th East Africa Division to Addis Ababa in 1941 is in a fragile condition. Consult the librarian before ordering.
Dates: [c1939-1984]
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Papers of Captain John W. Howard, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (143) (Box 5)
Extents: 35 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Captain Patrick L. Edwards, 20th century

Personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire, [1978-1984]; transcript of a letter, 1941, from Edwards' platoon sergeant to the Nigerian press concerning the War.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (80) (Box 4)
Extents: 24 Leaves
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Captain Richard R. Darlington, OBE, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project, memorandum on war-time experiences with the King's African Rifles, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (62) (Box 4)
Extents: 29 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Captain V.G.S. Damms, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project, aide-memoire with answers inserted, memorandum on war-time experiences with the King's African Rifles, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (61) (Box 4)
Extents: 14 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Col. Desmond J. Bannister, MBE, MC, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, responses to aide-memoire, account of 1940-1941 East African campaign, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (7) (Box 1)
Extents: 100 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Colonel Edward J.C. Spanton, MBE, 1953-1959, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; newsletters, 3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles, December 1953, 6th Battalion, January-December 1959; The Journal of the King's African Rifles, January & September 1957, July & December 1959; souvenir programme of the presentation of Colours by the Tanganyika Governor to the 6th and 26th Battalions, September 1955.
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (255) (Box 16)
Extents: 24 ff., 5 items
Dates: 1953-1959, [1978-1984]
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Papers of Colonel Humphrey P. Williams, OBE, 20th century

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, brief responses to aide-memoire with transcript, transcript of interview with inserts, [1978-1984] Xerox copy of a history of the 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles, up to 1918, by Williams, 20th century Note on Karonga Cemetery, Malawi, 1979 Xeroxed letters and notes, 1952-1954,…
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (300) (Box 19)
Extents: 375 ff., 1 item
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Colonel John G. Mileham, MA, [1978-c1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, script of a lecture by Mileham on Tanganyika and the 6th Battalion, King's African Rifles with transcript, [1978-c1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (185) (Box 11)
Extents: 52 Leaves
Dates: [1978-c1984]
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Papers of Colonel John H.S. Martin, [1940s-1984]

Various papers, 20th century, comprising personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; map of routes taken during Abyssinian Campaign with 1/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles, with itinerary, 1941; xerox copy of personal history, dated 1944, of 96 Independent Garrison Company, Northern Rhodesia Regiment; notebook containing this history with other personal notes; captioned press photographs of the…
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (179) (Box 11)
Extents: 81 ff., 2 items
Dates: [1940s-1984]
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Papers of Colonel St. L. Morris, OBE, [1978-1984]

Address card, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (194A) (Box 11)
Extents: 25 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Colonel Thomas Leahy, [1936-1954], [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; reports and letters relating to a border incident at Moyale, Kenya, January 1940; photographs relating to service in East Africa, portraits of African King's African Rifles NCOs, [1936-1941]; The Skull of Chief Mkwawa of Uhehe (Dar es Salaam, The Government Printer, 1954).
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (163) (Box 10)
Extents: 74 Leaves
Dates: [1936-1954], [1978-1984]