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World War, 1939-1945 -- Ethiopia

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Single Item

Kenya Armoured Car Regiment

Photocopy of a typescript History of the Kenya Armoured Car Regiment, 1939-1941
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 2241
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 20th cent.
File

Papers of Brigadier M.S. Lush, CB, CBE, MC, [1978-1984]

Name card, notes on interview with transcript, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (168A) (Box 10)
Extents: 49 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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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]
File

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
File

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 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 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 C.W. Catt, [1936]-1987

Correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, [1978-1984]; account of experiences training the Signal Section of the Southern Brigade, account of experiences in East Africa, including maps, notes, original letters and licences relating to war-time service, [1936-1987].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (39) (Box 3)
Extents: 309 Leaves
Dates: [1936]-1987
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Papers of Lieut.-Colonel Anthony Brounlie, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, and memorandum on war-time service in Africa, with transcript, [1978-1984].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (31) (Box 2)
Extents: 50 Leaves
Dates: [1978-1984]
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Papers of Lieut. Donald F.T. Bowie, 20th century

Correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, [1978-1984]; transcript, [1980s?] of account of the sleeping-sickness evacuation of the Wandingo tribe from Tanganyika in 1947; account of his family's experiences in the 1915 Chilembwe uprising, Malawi; United States Army map of Dar-es-Salaam and surrounding area, 1969; account by R.M. Bell of the Maji-Maji Rebellion in the Liwale District; transcript, [1980s?] of account of war-time experiences, with contemporary photographs, and of…
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (24A) (Box 1)
Extents: 3 Files
Dates: 20th century
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Papers of Major Edward G.C. Haigh, 1941-1942, [1978-1984]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to aide-memoire, [1978-1984]; plan of operations of 12th African Division, Gondar campaign, 1941; The Abyssinian campaigns...The official story of the conquest of Italian East Africa (London, H.M. Stationery Office, 1942).
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (122) (Box 5)
Extents: 96 Leaves
Dates: 1941-1942, [1978-1984]
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Papers of Major Geoffrey N. Burden, CMG, MBE, [c1980s?]

Personal data sheet, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, [1978-1984]; extracts from autobiography relating to service in East African forces, with transcript of entire autobiography, [c1980s?].
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (36) (Box 2)
Extents: 113 Leaves
Dates: [c1980s?]
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Papers of Major Robert R. Keal, MBE, [1928-1970s]

Mss. autobiographical notes, History of Major R. Keal MBE 1916-1976, with related letters, telegrams, reports, photographs, maps, printed material, etc., arranged as follows Autobiographical notes, Somalia bibliography and personal name index to all files School; East Riding Constabulary, [1928]-1942 Coldstream Guards, 1935-1940; Sandhurst,…
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (151) (Boxes 6-9)
Extents: 11 Files
Dates: [1928-1970s]
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Papers of Professor A.C.F. Rivet, MA, FSA, 1942-1946, [1978-1984]

Address card, correspondence with Oxford Development Records Project, responses to part of aide-memoire, [1978-1984]; letters written home to parents from East Africa (one xeroxed), 1942-1945; notes on Kenyan economy by Rivet, [1945-1946].
Shelfmark: MSS Afr. s. 1715 (229) (Box 15)
Extents: 72 Leaves
Dates: 1942-1946, [1978-1984]