| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/9/D/32 |
| Alt Ref No | WG 219/12/8 |
| Title | Memorials To Missing - East Africa - Inscriptions |
| Description | Main topics: choice of inscriptions for memorials to native African troops; policy re inscribing names of tribes; languages for inscriptions; advice of Native Commissioner and local committee; composition and script for Arabic translation; J. Stevenson's work on the memorial sculptures; inscriptions for memorials to non-African missing in East Africa; correction of error in inscription. |
| Date | 28/4/1924 - 6/2/1930 |
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| Content Note | Including: Correspondence with R. Kipling re suggesting inscriptions; 29 May 1924 - 28 July 1924. Letter criticising Swahili translation; 21 Oct. 1924. Correspondence with F. Kenyon re Arabic translation; 7 July 1925 - 13 Sep. 1925. Letter referring to H. Baker's part in selecting site at Mombassa (Mombasa); 19 Dec. 1925. Also correspondence re origins of East African memorial inscriptions; 10 Feb. 1966 - 14 June 1966. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
| ArchNote | KIPLING CORRESPONDENCE REFERS ALSO TO BASRA MEMORIAL. |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/3 | Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director | 1863-1952 |
| DS/UK/4 | Kipling; (Joseph) Rudyard (1865-1936); writer and poet | 1865-1936 |
| DS/UK/6 | Baker; Sir; Herbert (1862-1946); architect and author | 1862-1946 |
| DS/UK/39 | Stevenson; James Alexander (1881-1937); sculptor | 1881-1937 |