sign, Post Office, Cameroons | Imperial War Museums

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History note

This Imperial Post Office sign sign was brought back to the UK by the donor's father, Ralph Stuart Sneyd following the Naval Expeditionary Force to the Cameroons, 1914-1915. He was commander of HMS Cumberland and was awarded a DSO when he commanded the captured German river boat Margaret Elizabeth and took the boat up the river, driving out the Germans.

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Category: Equipment
Related period: First World War (association)
Materials: whole: metal
Dimensions: whole: 550, 750
Catalogue number: FEQ 527

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NATO LIAISON OFFICERS AT NATO COMMAND POST FIELD OFFICE, BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, AUGUST 1951; DISCUSSION OF ALLIED TRAINING AT NATO COMMAND POST FIELD OFFICE, JUNE 1951; GENERAL CLOSE UP SHOTS OF UNIFORMS [Allocated Title]

NATO LIAISON OFFICERS AT NATO COMMAND POST FIELD OFFICE, BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, AUGUST 1951; DISCUSSION OF ALLIED TRAINING AT NATO COMMAND...

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location sign, French, Poste de Secours

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