Papers of Major Charles F. Broomfield, [1940s-1962], [1978-1984]
Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, copy of aide-memoire with detailed responses, [1978-1984]; photographs related to service with the King's African Rifles, [1940s-1950s], souvenir programmes and other booklets relating to the King's African Rifles, Uganda and Kenya, etc., [c1951-1962].
Dates
- Creation: [1940s-1962], [1978-1984]
Extent
157 ff., 9 items
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (31) (Box 2)
Biographical / Historical
Major Charles F. Broomfield served in the 1st Kenya Regiment, 1938-1940, and in the 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles, Kenya, Somaliland, Abyssinia and South-East Asia, 1941-1958.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 920 (31) in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Subject
- Broomfield | Charles F. | fl 1938-1980s | Major (Person)
- Great Britain | Army | King's African Rifles (Organisation)
- Great Britain | Army | Kenya Regiment (Organisation)
Repository Details
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