East African Carrier Corps Papers
Scope and Contents
Material collected by H.B. Thomas, when a Captain in the Carrier Corps, between April and December 1917. Comprises:
1. Military Labour Bureau, 'Handbook' (Printed by the Standard P. and P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa, 1917);
2. Major-General R. Wapshare, 'Standing orders and regulations for the forces in British East Africa' (1915);
3. E.E. Hill, 'History of the Chaplain's department in Western India' (SPCK, Church Historical Pamphlets, No. 7 (1920). This item has an RCS library classmark (-22p4) and may have been added to this collection at a later date;
4. Rough diary, 3 pages, 14th April - 27th April 1917;
5. Assorted departmental orders, correspondence relating to porters, military labour, sanitation and health, 'African followers', etc., 1917-1918.
Dates
- Creation: 1915 - 1917
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Harold Beken Thomas (1888-1971) entered the Colonial Service in 1911 as a cadet in the Land and Survey Department in Uganda. He spent nearly thirty years in Uganda, retiring as Director of Surveys in 1940. During this time he developed an extensive knowledge of Uganda and an interest in East Africa in general. He contributed articles, notes and reviews to the 'Uganda journal', mainly on historical subjects, and also provided editorial assistance. He was a leading figure in the Royal Commonwealth Society's development of a 'Dictionary of East African biography', in which he cooperated with his old friend Sir John Gray. Thomas served as Vice President of the Uganda Society and of the Church Missionary Society. He died on 12 August 1971.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), pp. 96-7.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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