African manpower statistics for the British Forces in East Africa, 1914-18: a reassessment

Authors

  • George Hay Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • John Burke Commonwealth War Graves Commission

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.bjmh.v11i2.1891

Abstract

This article offers a new estimate for the number of soldiers and carriers raised from across East Africa who died in British imperial service during the East Africa campaign of the First World War. It does this by examining and challenging figures present in the historiography and returns to contemporary records to provide meaningful data on which to base new calculations.

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Published

2025-08-26

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