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PP/MCR/254

GWTH/1 | G W T Hodges. | Ts. study (280pp) by a former resident of Kenya of the use of native labour during the East African Campaign 1914-18. The account was written ca. 1969-70 to academic thesis standard, and includes extracts from interviews with survivors of the carrier corps. The work briefly sketches the military history of the campaign and concentrates on the raising of the carrier force in Kenya and elsewhere, its administration and value, conditions and problems of service, and its effect on the native political movements of the 1920's and after. Chapter 1 (pp1-4) is an introduction …