Papers of Colonel Humphrey P. Williams, OBE, 20th century
File
MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (300) (Box 19)
- 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, relating to African service and to 1st Battalion history
- Force Orders in Nyasaland, 1899-1902, with accompanying letter, 1953
- Xerox copies of notes on the crossing of the Omo Bottego, Abyssinia by 1/1st Battalion and the 23rd Nigerian Brigade, with sketch maps, [c1942?]
- Xerox copy of a brief on the King's African Rifles and training of Askaris, 1953
- Notes for a broadcast talk on African Soldiers by Williams, 1953
- Account of an episode involving a runaway buffalo in Tanganyika, 1935
- Williams' diary of the voyage out to East Africa in 1931 and of a march of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, King's African Rifles, 1933
- Notes, [1950s?], on the movements of Northern Rhodesia Regiment and King's African Rifles battalions, 1939-1954, on the badges and commanding officers of the 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles, and on the history of the 1st Battalion 1919-1939
- Incomplete narrative on a military operation in Africa, 20th century
- Xeroxed map, 1942, of southern and central Africa
- Xeroxed newspaper cutting, [1940s?], on the Chase of the Mad Mullah
- Photographs of 1st Battalion King's African Rifles officers, [1951-1953?] with notes of names and a letter from Williams to the Oxford Development Records Project, [1979-c1982]
- Photographs and negatives relating to King's African Rifles service, [c1950s?]
- Miscellaneous papers, [1940s], and a periodical, Ulemu, No. 10, September 1945, relating to war service
Dates
- Creation: 20th century
Extent
375 ff., 1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (300) (Box 19)
Biographical / Historical
Colonel Humphrey P. Williams, OBE served with the 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles, Nyasaland and Tanganyika, 1931-1936, 6th Battalion, Tanganyika, 1936-1937, 13th Battalion, India, 1944-1945, and 1st Battalion, Northern Rhodesia and Malaya, 1949-1953.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 920 (300) in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Topical
- Africa -- History, military
- Africa, Southern -- History -- 1899-1975
- Malawi -- History -- Chilembwe Rebellion, 1915
- Malawi -- History, military
- Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan's Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920
- Somalia -- History, military
- Tanzania -- History, military
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Malawi
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Mozambique
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Tanzania
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Africa
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Asia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Ethiopia
- Zambia -- History, military
Subject
- Williams | Humphrey P. | fl 1931-1980s | Colonel (Person)
- Great Britain | Army | King's African Rifles (Organisation)
Repository Details
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk