Papers of Colonel John H.S. Martin
MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (179) (Box 11)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers of Colonel John H.S. Martin
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (179) (Box 11)
Summary
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 Abyssinian campaign; album of photographs relating to war service in Africa.
Date
[1940s-1984]
Language
English
Physical extent
81 ff., 2 items
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Kenya
Africa, East -- Description and travel -- Views
World War, 1939-1945 -- Ethiopia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Somalia
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Collection contents
Papers of Colonel John H.S. Martin
