SOMERVILLE, Lt.-Col. Brian A., c. 1977-1983

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Held at the Weston Library

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Comprises:

(fols. i-iv) address card, personal data sheet, and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-11) responses to aide-mémoire, with ODRP transcript.

Dates

Creation: c. 1977-1983

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (372)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Lt.-Col. B.A. Somerville. At Sandhurst, 1918-1919, and obtained a commission with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1919. Served in the Middle East, 1919-1922, and with the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF), 1923-1927. Served in the UK, 1927-1932, and with RWAFF, 1932-1944.

4 Nigerian Regiment, Ibadan, 1923-1927; Staff, Enugu, Kaduna, 1932-1938; West Africa Command Headquarters and 1 Gambia Regiment, Accra, Bathurst, 1940-1943.