Sources of Information
The excel spreadsheets listed below contain referenced material – names, ships, places, lists of books, articles, poetry, novels, films, pamphlets and online newspapers of the African campaigns. The files can be downloaded and sorted for personal use.
Below the spreadsheets are links to other reference sources which might be of interest.
Reviews submitted to GWAA
Ed Yorke: Guerrillas of Tsavo by James Willson
Non-fiction on the Great War in East Africa
Novels and films on the East Africa Campaign (chronological order taken from the list above).
Oliver Schulten has produced a 273 page Bibliography Africa First World War 2018. The titles from this edition still need to be cross-referenced with the GWAA bibliography for researchers wanting access to other information about the texts.
Articles from 1914-1918 contains articles published during the war including a section on Africa
Free online books and newspapers contains some books relevant to Africa in World War 1 – always worth a check
Harry’s Africa: www.kaiserscross.com/188001/home.html contains short summary articles on campaigns in Africa. Others are linked on the chronologies above.
Blog postings, including reviews, by thesamsonsedhistorian on World War 1 in Africa
Other links where the Great War in Africa is mentioned
25th Royal Fusiliers:
http://www.25throyalfusiliers.co.uk/welcome.html
Aerodrome Forum:
http://www.theaerodrome.com
Ancestors of Nigel (O’Neil) Driscoll:
http://www.nigeldriscoll.com.au/24.htm
Anne Samson Historian:
http://thesamsonsedhistorian.wordpress.com
Auckland City Library for photos on GSWA and EA (search Africa and 1914):
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/heritageimages/index.htm
Axis History:
http://forum.axishistory.com/
Belgian State Archives:
www.arch.be
Blackwood Magazine 1918 (852 pages):
http://www.archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi203edinuoft
British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum:
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com
British Empire at War Research Group:
http://britishempireatwar.org/
British South Africa Police:
http://bsap.org/
Cambridge Forecast Group – Colonial and Military globalisation World War 1 in Africa (not updated since 2013):
http://cambridgeforecast.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/military-globalization-world-war-i-in-africa/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
http://www.cwgc.org/
Cross & Cockade International (air war):
http://www.crossandcockade.com
Chakoten: Danish Military Historical Society:
http://www.chakoten.dk/indexe.html
Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft in der Universitätsbibliothek
Frankfurt am Main:
http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/
Deutsches Historisches Museum:
http://www.dhm.de/
Deutsche Schutzgebiete:
http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/deutsche-kolonien.htm
Deutsch-Sudwes Afrika: Kassenscheine des Gouvernements 1914:
http://www.kolonialgeld.de/html/seitz.html
Diversity House: Breaking the myths
http://www.diversityhouse.org.uk/breaking-the-myths-first-world-war-and-africa-2/
Oral History soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-783484915/
Europeana 1914-1918:
http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania in Moshi, Tanzania (contains some records related to the war years 1914-1918):
http://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP099
First World War Society:
http://www.firstworldwarstudies.org/
Force Publique:
http://www.rudi-geudens.be/html/force_publique.htm
Forces Postal History Society:
http://forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk/displays.htm
Forum Eerste Wereldoorlog:
http://forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/viewtopic.php?t=10824
Gentleman’s Military Interest Group:
http://gmic.co.uk/
German Colonial Uniforms (Guns of SMS Konigsberg; Aircraft):
http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/
http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/militaria/koenigsberggun.htm
http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/hist%20aircraft.htm
German History Documents (German Historical Institute):
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/search/search.cfm
German South West Africa – Order of Battle (list of contingents involved):
http://www.imperial-research.net/gswa_oob.htm
German War Memorial Website:
http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/en.htm
gillww1:
http://gillww1.wordpress.com/about/ contains information on KAR; RNAS in East Africa
Graham’s Blog (Lake Tanganyika):
https://graham64.wordpress.com/tag/kingani/
Great North Road:
http://www.greatnorthroad.org/
Great War Blog:
http://ww1blog.osborneink.com/
Guide to First World War Collections (JISC)
Guide to First World War Collections (This JISC guide provides information on which archive, museum or library across the UK has material relevant to the First World War)
Histomil Historica:
http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?t=11627
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/
IlissAfrica (online library for SubSahara Africa):
http://m.ilissafrica.de/en/
Imperial War Museum, London:
www.iwm.org.uk (documents and photos)
East Africa search: here
Index of the Regiments and Corps of South Africa:
http://web.archive.org/web/20060108005612/http:/www.regiments.org/regiments/southafrica/lists/sargxref.htm
In From the Cold:
http://www.infromthecold.org/index.asp
International Guild of Battlefield Guides:
www.gbg-international.com
International Network for the study of Africa and the Great War:
http://africagreatwar.wordpress.com
King’s African Rifles and East African Forces Association:
http://www.kingsafricanriflesassociation.co.uk/
Languages and the First World War
https://languagesandthefirstworldwar.wordpress.com/
Lancashire Infantry Museum:
http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk
Legion of Frontiersmen:
www.CMOLegionofFrontiersmen.info
Legion of Frontiersmen, University of Alberta archive, Bruce Peel Collection
https://bpsc.library.ualberta.ca/collections/legion-of-frontiersmen-collection
Lettow-Vorbeck Family site:
http://www.lettow-vorbeck.de/
Library of Congress newspaper collection
https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-i-rotogravures/?q=africa
Liddell Hart Collection, King’s College London:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archivespec/collections/lhcma.aspx
Machine Gun Corps Old Comrades Association:
http://www.machineguncorps.co.uk/
Masonic Great War Project:
http://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/
Memorial Gates Trust, Constitution Hill, London:
http://www.mgtrust.org/gea.htm
“Memórias da I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918)” [Memories of the First World War (1914-1918):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Memórias-da-I-Guerra-Mundial-1914-1918/185749874875651
Namibia
http://klausdierks.com/Chronology/contents.htm
The National Archives, London:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
See this link for finding information on WW1
Africa blog posts including WW1
The National Archives, London ‘Through a lens’ collection of photographs:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/collections/72157625827328771/
Naval History:
http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-LogBooksWW1.htm
Northern Tanzania (an information resource from published sources):
http://www.ntz.info/
On Call in Africa 1910-1932 – Dr Norman Parsons Jewell in Seychelles and East Africa:
http://oncallinafrica.com/
Orders and Medals Society:
http://omrs.org
Penn State African Photos Collection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatespecial/sets/72157632810433503
The Regimental Museum of the Transvaal Scottish:
http://www.jocks.co.za/museum.htm
Reichskolonialamt:
http://www.reichskolonialamt.de/index_l.htm
Rhodesian African Rifles:
https://rhodesianafricanrifles.wordpress.com/rhodesian-african-rifles/
Rhodesian:
http://www.rhodesian.com.au/war%20history.php
Royal Logistics Corps (for Army Service Corps records):
http://www.rlcarchive.org/Welcome.aspx
Royal Museum of the Army and Military History, Brussels, Belgium:
http://www.klm-mra.be”
Royal Naval Medal Index:
http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishLG-Royal_Navy_Medals-Index1.htm
SAAF Forum:
http://www.saairforce.co.za/forum/index.php
Samuel Steele Collection, University of Alberta (Legion of Frontiersmen):
http://steele.library.ualberta.ca/index.html
South African Legion:
http://www.sadf.info/indexSouthAfricanForces.html
South African Military History Society:
http://samilitaryhistory.org/
South African National Archives:
www.national.archives.gov.za
South African National Defence Archives:
http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/history/sandf-archive
South Africa Remembers:
https://southafricaremembers.wordpress.com/
South African War Graves has the names and cemeteries of those who died in South Africa during World War One:
http://www.southafricawargraves.org/list.htm
Stichting Studiecentrum Eerste Wereldoorlog:
http://www.ssew.nl
Token Coins:
http://www.tokencoins.com/gea04a.htm
Traditionsverband:
http://www.traditionsverband.de/
Volksbund (German War Graves):
http://www.volksbund.de
War Office Archive (British):
https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/war-office-archive
Western Front Association:
http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/
Witwatersrand Rifles:
http://witwatersrandrifles.webs.com/deployments.htm#866793870
World War One Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings:
http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/
World War 1 Document Archive with link to World War 1 Discussion List:
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
World War 1 documenting the first total war of the Twentieth Century (Yale University):
http://www.library.yale.edu
World War One Historical Association:
http://ww1ha.org/
World War One Historical Association – Tripwire:
http://www.worldwar1.com/tripwire/smtw.htm
World War One Historical sites in Kenya:
http://www.facebook.com/kenyabattlefields
The Yorkshire Regiment:
http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/nairobi-south-cemetery.htm
Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO):
http://www.zmo.de/