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WOOS/8
- Record Id:
- 040-002897758
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024102384.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/8
- Title:
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'E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate]. - Ger[man].E[ast]. Af[rica]. Boundary 1904-5' - War Office ledger.
'Lt Col. G.E. Smith. RE. Maj R.G. Bright C.M.G. Rifle Br. Lieut. T.T. Behrens R.E. Lieut. J. Leveson-Gower 3rd Bn. KAR' - War Office ledger.
Sheets variously signed, 'H. Cox Sergt. R.E.', 'W. Macdonald 2nd. Corpl. R.E.', 'G. Strickland L.Cpl. R.E.'
- Scope & Content:
- Field sheets, fair tracings and notes created by the Anglo-German Boundary Commission. 2 diagrams listed in the War Office ledger, were not present on transfer. These are indicated as having been moved to the Trig Library in 1927
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-002897758 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/8 : E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate]. - Ger[man].E[ast]. Af[rica]. Boundary 1904-5' - War Office ledger.'Lt Col. G.E. Smith. RE. Maj… - Contains:
- WOOS/8/1 : Rough Index of Field Sheets of Anglo-German (East Africa) Boundary Survey'.'Index to Field Sheets & Tracings'.Signed by…
WOOS/8/2 : Field sheets
WOOS/8/3 : A field sheet accompanied by two reports
WOOS/8/4 : Anglo-German Boundary East Africa 1904 & 1905'.Signed by 'GE Smith
WOOS/8/5 : Sheet 8 Kilimanjaro to Tsavo Stn. U.R.'.Signed by 'GE Smith
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOOS/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0008]/040-002897758
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 44 map sheets and 13 pages of text
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1907
- Date Range:
- 1904-1907
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Original Surveys. E. Af. Prot. - Ger. E. Af. Boundary.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Behrens, Tankred Tunstall, army officer, 1878-1939
Bright, Richard George Tyndall, army officer, 1872-1944
Cox, Herbert, sapper, c 1871-1908
Gower, John Henry, army officer, 1880-1912
Macdonald, William, sapper, fl 1904-1906
Smith, George Edward, army officer, 1868-1944
Strickland, George J, sapper, fl 1879-1906 - Places:
- German East Africa, Africa
- Related Material:
- An account of the survey expedition is given in: G.E. Smith, 'From the Victoria Nyanza to Kilimanjaro', The Geographical Journal, vol 29, no.3 (March 1907), pp. 249-269
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- WOMAT/ADD/13