trajan Posted 18 February , 2016 Share Posted 18 February , 2016 His African service diary has been published by the national Army Museum according to:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3451693/German-ambushes-bugs-burrowing-flesh-heat-reduces-white-man-chewed-string-Diary-reveals-hell-faced-British-troops-fight-African-jungle.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushfighter Posted 29 February , 2016 Share Posted 29 February , 2016 Thanks for spotting this Trajers The Mail doesn't appear to mention the Singapore Mutiny incident which led to the Kamerun deployment: http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Atonement-5LI-in-German-Kamerun.pdf Charles Sumner Stooks later received a DSO for gallantry displayed when the battalion moved to East Africa: http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5LI-in-East-Africa.pdf Cornhill Magazine published Stooks' diary (or parts of it) and it is available to freely download here: https://archive.org/details/newcornhill47londuoft Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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