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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/370
Alt Ref NoA/52/7/10/3/2 PT.1
TitleMombasa African Memorial
DescriptionMain topics: proposed site for Mombasa African Memorial (1914-1918); sculpture work planned for memorials to the missing at Nairobi, Mombasa and Dar-Es-Salaam; suggested inscription to native African troops and followers who died during the British East Africa campaign and have no known grave; unveiling of Mombasa African Memorial on 24 May 1927.
Date17/2/1923 - 13/12/1956
Content NoteIncludes: extract from the Dar-Es-Salaam Times regarding Commission's proposal to construct a Native War Memorial in Mombasa, dated 18 Aug 1923; schedule of quantitites and prices for Portland Stone panels for Indian Memorials in British East-Africa; extract from Col. Durham's report on cemeteries in Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony, dated 31 Dec 1925; blueprint showing proposed site for Mombasa memorial, dated 1 Apr 1926; extract from letter to Col. Durham from H. Baker, dated 26 June 1926; blueprints of memorial.
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