C.G. Phillips papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection AFE 22
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1912-1980
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript and typescript. Includes 3 maps, paper money, and a medal.

Scope and Content

Safari diary (December 1912-January 1913); two Army Correspondence Books (November 1914-October 1916); tracing from map; three cloth mounted maps of German and Portuguese East Africa, and Mozambique (1916, 1918); notes on the East Africa campaign (1928-1934); East African German paper money (nd); Nyasaland Force Medal (1915); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle [1980].

Administrative / Biographical History

C.G. Phillips, born at Chatham Barracks in 1889 and educated at Repton and Sandhurst, served as Captain with the King's African Rifles in the East Africa campaign, and later became Major General.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Major General C.G. Phillips, 1979-1980. See General Correspondence File.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Related Material

Tape 600: interview recorded with Peter Liddle in 1980.