Series
Privy Council: Registers (Papers and Digital Files)
Catalogue reference: PC 2
Date: 1540-2022
This series contains the register of the Privy Council, comprising the minutes of its proceedings, its orders, certain proclamations and the...
Series
War Office: East Africa Command: Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 276
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WO 276
This series consists of papers of the East Africa Command relating to the British administration of East African territories.The papers comprise headquarters, committee, branch files, operational situation reports, local statements and other...
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- WO 276
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: East Africa Command: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1902-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of papers of the East Africa Command relating to the British administration of East African territories.
The papers comprise headquarters, committee, branch files, operational situation reports, local statements and other miscellaneous papers, including intelligence reports and policy plans. Many of the files concern internal security and the suppression of terrorism.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other papers relating to the British military administration of African Territories see WO 230
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 545 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1978 Ministry of Defence
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East Africa Command was formed on 15 Sept. 1941 with its headquarters in Nairobi. Until 1947 it was under the direct control of the Army Council and thereafter it became the responsibility of Middle East Command.
The command included the following territories:- British Somaliland, the Reserved Areas, Somalia including the Ogaden, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Zanzibar, Mauritius and the Seycelles.
Following the independence of the majority of these countries in the early 1960s, the command was renamed British Land Forces Kenya in 1963 and finally wound up in 1964.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14481/
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