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West and East Africa: West Africa Frontier Force and King's African Rifles; Record...
Catalogue reference: CO 652/4
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This record is about the West and East Africa: West Africa Frontier Force and King's African Rifles; Record... dating from 1909-1912 in the series Colonies General Register of 'Unregistered' Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 652/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909-1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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West and East Africa: West Africa Frontier Force and King's African Rifles; Record of non-registered and filed letters.
This volume, spanning the years 1909 to 1912, records information concerning incoming correspondence relating to personnel of the tropical African service. The volume includes numerical abstracts of correspondence by division of the tropical African service.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note inside the volume states that this detailed record began on 1 January 1909. The previous record was kept on sheets and was `numerical only'.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Entries are in order of date of receipt of communication, with corresponding officials' names grouped under such divisions of the tropical African service as King's African Rifles, West Africa Frontier Force, Gold Coast, Nigeria, and East and West Africa.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further entries related to such correspondence will be found in branch registers in CO 519 CO 623 CO 641
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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None of the original correspondence entered seems to have survived.
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2253369/
Series information
CO 652
Colonies General Register of 'Unregistered' Correspondence
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West and East Africa: West Africa Frontier Force and King's African Rifles; Record...
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