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IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Great Britain, German East Africa Campaign 1914-1918

Dec 6, 2023

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  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. 2nd Road Corps cutting drains. January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-336 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. HMS Kent in charge of convoy from Cape Town, which took the Nigerian Brigade back to Lagos, 6th March 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-335 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Cutting road suggested by Lieut. Powell, between the foot of Summit and Duthumi, July 1917. 2nd Road Corps. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-334 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Armoured cars. Ndanda, January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-333 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Supply train, Mtama, January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-332 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. HMT SAXON on of the Nigerian Brigade Convoy, from Cape Town. 6th March 1918. The SAXON, BRETON, and KINFAUNS CASTLE reached Lagos on 16th March. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-331 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Culvert being constructed by 2nd Road Corps. Other culverts were completed in a day. Dhikukwe Swamp, January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-330 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. General Smuts Headquarters were here. Duthumi, December 1916. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-329 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. German prisoners being taken back in lorries. Nyhungo, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-328 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Men of the Nigerian Brigade on a transport between Calabar and Cape Town, on their way to German East Africa, November 1916. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-327 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Prisoners being taken back on lorries. Nyhungo, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-326 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Bridge constructed by 2nd Road Corps to take the heaviest loads. Near Nyhungo, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-325 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Duthumi General Smuts Headquarters. January 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-324 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Motor Transport Repairing Shop. One of many placed at various points along the lines of communication. Ndanda, January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-323 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Prisoners being taken back on lorries. Nyhungo, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-322 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Chikukwe Swamp. This swamp was over two feet under water in half an hour as the result of a river bank bursting. Convoy was got across by the 2nd Road Corps after one day. About 700 porters were employed. January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-321 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Sheppard s Pass, leading from Summit Camp to Tulo and Duthumi. General Sheppard experienced great difficulty in getting this road through. June 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-320 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. An officer recovering from the effects of his wounds on the verandah of a hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, September 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-319 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Indian Sappers with pontoon wagons and equipment. Between Tulo and Duthumi, 31st December 1916. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-318 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Bridge and road made by 2nd Road Corps, near Ndanda, December 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-317 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Kavirondo (BEA) porters of the 2nd Road Corps. Chikukwe Swamp, January 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-316 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. All bridges were constructed with very few nails, dogs, etc. Supports were fixed in a position by the weight that was laid on afterwards. Near Ndanda, January 1918. Second Road Corps. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-314 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. The Sultan s Palace at Zanzibar - taken from Government Buildings. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-303 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. HMT BECHUANA carrying native porters down the coast from Dar-es-Salaam to Nyasaland. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-300 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. The TABORA sunk by us in Dar-es-Salaam Harbour. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-298 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Troops being towed alongside troop ship INGOMA in Port Amelia Harbour. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-297 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Vulcanizing Section of No. 10 Workshop at Ankuabe on Line of Communication in Portuguese Nyasaland. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-296 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. The INGOMA in Durban Docks, the first troops to be evacuated after the Armistice from East Africa. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-295 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Primitive method of landing stores at Port Amelia, Portuguese Nyasaland - from steamer to dhow to porter. (No docks at Port Amelia). April 1918. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-294 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. HMT BECHUANA proceeding down the coast to Port Amelia, Nyasaland. Decks crowded with porters. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-293 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. MT Camp in Port Amelia. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-292 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Port Amelia in Portuguese Nyasaland. Photo taken from troop ship in harbour. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-291 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. No. 10 Workshop Unit moving forward on Line of Communication in Portuguese Nyasaland - about to trek a small part of their journey through a swamp, transport other than porters being impossible. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-290 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Natives assemble for vaccinations. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-289 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Tree at Morogoro, where Germans had a lookout. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-288 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Camp at Morogoro.. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-287 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. S. A. A. Dump at Naurus. The Nigerian Brigade were at Naurus on 29th November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-286 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. The Nigerian Brigade at Masassi, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-284 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African campaign. The old Fort at Masassi, November 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-283 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Wireless operators Beho Ju (Beho Beho) January 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-282 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Government House, Dar es Salaam, with roof showing shell hole from British Naval gun fire. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-281 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Look-out at Mssindyi, September ember 1917. ( Msuras Fort). Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-280 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. King s African Rifles near Mssindyi, September 1917. ( Msuras Fort). Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-279 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Brigadier General G. D. Mann (in command of Nigerian Brigade from 3rd October 1917), and Captain the Hon. J. Crichton, Staff Captain of the Brigade. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-278 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Captain Gardner and three other medical officers of the Nigerian Field Ambulance. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-277 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. General van Deventer s inspection of Nigerian Brigade at Morogoro, July 1917. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-276 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Brigadier General Frederick Hugh Gordon Cunliffe, C. B., commanding the Nigerian Brigade. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-275 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. German prisoners, Ndanda, December 1917. The Nigerian Brigade reached Ndanda on 12th November 1917, and there found 21 sick and wounded Europeans, 111 natives, 17 German European women and 24 white German children, who had been left behind by the Germans. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-97 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. 3rd Battalion Nigerian Regiment Guard of Honour at Calabar, November 1916. The 3rd Battalion embarked on H.M.T. Mandi, at Calabar, on 27th November, 1916. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-93 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Gun emplacement somewhere on the Central Railway. Copyright: xpiemagsx minofinfopieww04102022-92 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
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