Item GHC/1/2 - Box 2. East Africa. India. Correspondence and Personal Papers (1914-18)

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GHC/1/2

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Box 2. East Africa. India. Correspondence and Personal Papers (1914-18)

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  • 1914-1919 (Creation)

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Photograph of Cooke as a Lance-Corporal 1915 Envelope containing tickets for a passage on the German July 1914 East Africa Line from Zanzibar to Bombay. A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., published, Cairo, 1919. July 1917-October 1918 Telegrams emanating from London containing news bulletins Often several copies of each. 1 December 1915-2 February 1916 Copy of News Summary. 1p. Ts. Reports from all theatres of war. ND Map of German East Africa. ND Map of Central Europe ND Two sketch maps. Location apparently Palestine ND Folder containing papers relating to the death in action of Cooke's brother, Ernest Reginald. 1916 Folder containing photographs and miscellaneous papers from Africa. ND Cooke's ms. diary. East Africa and India:- 1914-1918 (i) 1914 (India) (ii) 1 January 1915-12 May 1915 (East Africa). (iii) 12 May 1915-16 June 1915 (East Africa). (iv) 17 June 1915-28 July 1915 (East Africa). (v) 29 July 1915-31 October 1915 (East Africa). (vi) 1 November 1915-17 May 1916 (East Africa). (vii) 17 May 1916-24 February 1917 (East Africa). (viii) 25 February 1917-26 June 1918 (East Africa

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Imperial War Museum Department of Documents >> Lieutenant Colonel G H Cooke OBE >> Subject Files

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    • English

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    • Latin

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