Personal data sheet, correspondence with the Oxford Development RecordsProject, responses to aide-memoire with transcript, [1978-1984]; xerox copies of petitions, 1946,from locals seeking Davies' retention as district commissioner in Berbera;booklet of poems by Davies, 20th century.
Papers of Major Keith W. Davies
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- Dates of Creation20th century
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description39 ff., 1 item
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Administrative / Biographical History
Major Keith W. Davies served with the Somaliland Camel Corps, BritishSomaliland, 1942, the 71st Battalion, King's African Rifles, Somaliland,Ethiopia, Kenya and Burma, 1942-1944, and as assistant districtcommissioner/district commissioner, Somaliland, 1944-1946.
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Listed as no. 920 (64) in Manuscript Collections in RhodesHouse Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library,1996).