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
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
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.