Letters written to his mother whilst a cadet and District Officer in Northern Rhodesia, with some photographs. Also, a few letters with biographical details.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1939
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.664].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.s.664
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4767
Biographical / Historical
John C.W. Walter was educated at Wellington College, and Peterhouse College, Cambridge. In 1937 he entered the Colonial Service as a cadet in Northern Rhodesia, subsequently travelling to Isoka to work under the District Officer, Fane-Smith. By 1939 Walter had been appointed Assistant District Officer. Walter returned to England to join the RAF. He was married in April 1940 and in August of that year was posted to the Middle East. In 1943 he returned to England as a flying officer but was killed in action almost immediately, being awarded a posthumous DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross).
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room and a handlist is also available for this collection.
Listed as no. 404 in Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, compiled by Louis B. Frewer (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1968).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the library from the Oxford Colonial Records Project.
Subject
- Walter | John C W | d ? 1943 | Colonial Administrator (Person)
- Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service (Organisation)
- Title
- Letters from John C.W. Walter
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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