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WW1 In South Africa

WW1 In South Africa

by anna | Nov 25, 2018 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

Martin Plaut Senior Research Fellow – ICWS The outbreak of the First World War, coming little more than a decade after the Anglo-Boer war had ended, faced South Africans with a conundrum. Should they join Britain and her allies, despite having fought so fiercely...
Africa and World War One

Africa and World War One

by anna | Nov 24, 2018 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

Dr Marika Sherwood Senior Research Fellow On 7 August 1914 Alhaji Grunshi of the Gold Coast Regiment, marching into the German colony of Togo, returned fire on the German-led police force. His was the first shot fired in what became World War 1. It was also the...
The end of the First World War in the British Caribbean

The end of the First World War in the British Caribbean

by anna | Nov 23, 2018 | Canada & the Caribbean, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

  Dr Peter D Fraser Senior Research Fellow There is a memorial in Mumbai containing the names of perhaps the first British West Indians to die in combat in the First World War. They died around 8 p.m. on 1 November 1914 off the coast of Chile; they served as...
The Commonwealth and World War 1

The Commonwealth and World War 1

by anna | Nov 16, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

Dr Sue Onslow, Deputy Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Reader in Commonwealth History introduces a series of contributions by Senior Research Fellows at the Institute about the huge contribution made by Commonwealth volunteers to the war effort...
World War 1, India and Memorialisation

World War 1, India and Memorialisation

by anna | Nov 16, 2018 | Asia, Imperial and Postcolonial History, World War One

Dr Balasubramanyam ChandramohanSenior Research Fellow In India the start of World War 1 generated a great wave of enthusiasm, commitment and mobilisation of taxes, and voluntary donations by individuals and the rulers of princely states, an ‘almost universal loyalty’...

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