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Expenditionary Force Expenditure: Enquires if the cost of rations supplied to Colonial...
Catalogue reference: CO 649/7/13
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This record is about the Expenditionary Force Expenditure: Enquires if the cost of rations supplied to Colonial... dating from 1916 Mar 8 in the series Colonial Office: Cameroons: Original correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 649/7/13
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916 Mar 8
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Description (What the record is about)
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Expenditionary Force Expenditure: Enquires if the cost of rations supplied to Colonial native troops is borne by the respective colonies, suggests a method of computation and allocation, requests telephonic reply, copies of the letter have been sent to Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast and Nigeria.
Sent by Major General Dobell, 16 February 1916.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 12926
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Rationing
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20812268/
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CO 649
Colonial Office: Cameroons: Original correspondence
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Within the series: CO 649
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