Search results found for: africa Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: Military service in East AfricaTuesday 8 March 2022The four distinct women’s services auxiliary to the British Army in East Africa were...Records and researchResearching Africa at The National ArchivesThursday 22 October 2020In the course of Britain’s long-term involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and its...Records and researchThe Forgotten Army: West African Troops in Burma, 1945Wednesday 12 August 2020They have been called the ‘Forgotten Army’ – the British Fourteenth Army who, in...Records and researchAfrican Princess in Guy’s: The story of Princess Adenrele AdemolaWednesday 13 May 2020From Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent to Princess Alice of Greece, princess nurses have...Records and researchRichmond Park’s South African military hospitalTuesday 3 October 2017In August 1914, the Union of South Africa joined Britain and its allies in...Records and researchSouth Africa and the SommeMonday 18 July 2016To mark the centenary of the Somme Offensive we will be posting a series...Records and researchCrossing continents: textile designs for the West African marketWednesday 2 March 2016A closer look at some fresh and vibrant textile designs intended for export to...Records and researchAfrican hairMonday 13 July 2015During my search for traces of hair in the archives, one of the things...Records and researchJazz, the Charleston and moral panic: Music and dance in 1920s BritainFriday 13 May 2022At midnight on Saturday 17 December 1927 an undercover police officer, Frederick Broomfield,...Records and researchWomen in the Second World War: The sinking of SS Khedive IsmailTuesday 15 March 2022On the afternoon of 12 February 1944, travelling in a convoy from Mombasa to...Records and researchIntroducing the Printed Prize Appeals: Selected examples from HCA 45Tuesday 22 February 2022In the days when wooden ships could be taken by (threat of) force, without...Records and research‘A vast window display’: The British Empire Exhibition of 1924-5Tuesday 22 February 2022In 1924 an exhibition was held at Wembley Park in London, which aimed to... 1 2 3 … 13 »
