Lush, M.S.

This material is held atDurham University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 33 SAD[355]
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1988
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4 boxes

Scope and Content

Papers relating to service in Abyssinia, Sudan, Egypt, Tripolitania, Libya and Pakistan including correspondence (official and personal), reports, articles & press cuttings; obituaries & related papers; memoirs of Capt. Lawrence Gameson, C.E.F. Turner, Gabs Kfouri and Marjorie Crawford; 811 photographs covering service in Abyssinia, Sudan, Egypt, Tripoli and Pakistan; 2 maps; watercolours; miscellanea; printed material

Administrative / Biographical History

Royal Artillery, 1915-1919 ; Egyptian Army, 1919-1922 ; Sudan Political Service, 1919-1941 , including Secretary HM Legation Addis Ababa, Dep. Asst. Director of Intelligence & service in Kassala, Khartoum, Civil Secretary's Office, White Nile, Upper Nile provinces, Cairo and Northern province; Chief Political Officer, Ethiopia, 1941-1942 ; Military Administrator Madagascar, 1942 ; B.M.A. Tripolitania, 1942-1943 ; Allied Commission Italy, 1943-1946 ; Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, 1946-1947 ; I.R.O., 1947-1951 ; Shell Oil Co. Ltd. in Libya and Pakistan, 1952-1959 ; National Trust, 1965-1968

Access Information

Open for consultation.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Lush, 1988-1990, & A.J.M. Lush, 1996

Note

Part of : Sudan Archive

Other Finding Aids

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Bibliography

Lush, Maurice, A life of service: the memoirs of Maurice Lush, 1896-1990, ed. A.J.M. Lush (London, 1992)