Private Papers of J A Stevens

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[BASIC ACCESSION RECORD] Photocopy of instructions to Intelligence Officers, Somaliland Field Force (6pp, n.d.), together with photocopies of carbon copies of Field Messages (c.200pp) with reports and intelligence summaries, while stationed at Derkengenyo (November 1935 - January 1936) and Arren Arreh (January - March 1936) with the Somaliland Camel Corps.

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Private papers

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Interwar (content)

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Stevens, John Auverny

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File: Weight 1 kg

Box: Weight 5.6 kg

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Documents.20959

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