Draft and working papers for the unpublished memoir 'Adventures of an Engineer Subaltern', covering military career, 1897-1904

References on this page: FOULKES: 4/1-13

FOULKES: 4/1

1898-1899, c1940s

Annotated typescript draft papers for Section 1 relating to Sierra Leone, 1898-1899, including photographs, maps, history of the settlement, tribal traditions. 22 photographs, 84pp

FOULKES: 4/2

1899-1900, c1940s

Annotated typescript draft papers for Section 2, relating to the Boer War, 1899-1900 including photographs, details of photographic reconnaissance and offensives. 71pp

FOULKES: 4/3

1900-1901, 1944-1954, 1981

Working papers relating to Sections 1 and 3, including maps, photographs and papers relating to Sierra Leone, malaria and the Mau Mau tribe, and article by Maj W E Pettman, 'Antimalaria Field Engineering' in the Royal Engineers Journal (nd). 7 photographs, 47pp

FOULKES: 4/4

1900, c1940s

Annotated typescript draft papers, for Section 3, relating to Sierra Leone, 1900 including photographs, descriptions of flora and fauna, and instances of disease. 40pp

FOULKES: 4/5

c1901, 1957

Working papers for Section 2, including article by Foulkes, 'The Photo-Reconnaissance Section, Royal Engineers' in the Royal Engineers Journal (Sep 1957). 2 booklets, 16pp

FOULKES: 4/6

1902, c1940s

Annotated typescript draft papers for Section 4, relating to the West Indies, 1902 and including photographs and account of visits to Barbados, St Vincent, St Lucia, Martinique and Dominica. 64pp

FOULKES: 4/7

1902-1903, 1969

Working papers for Section 4, relating to the West Indies, including letter of introduction dated 13 May 1902, issued to Foulkes by the Illustrated Press Bureau and used by him, in the guise of a special correspondent, to obtain news and photographs for intelligence work on the French island of Martinique following the eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902. 5pp

FOULKES: 4/8

1902-1904

Photographs with captions, relating to Section 5. 49 photographs

FOULKES: 4/9

1904, 1954-1967

Working papers for Section 5, relating to the pursuit and capture of Aliyu, Emir of Kano by Foulkes in 1903. 51pp

FOULKES: 4/10

1905, 1954-1973

Working papers for Section 5, relating to Northern Nigeria including article by Foulkes in the Royal Engineers Journal (1959), entitled 'The Anglo-French Boundary Commission, Niger to Lake Chad', and 'The Anglo-French Boundary Commission in Northern Nigeria, 1902-1904' by Lt Col G S McD Elliot in the Royal Engineers Journal (Jun 1905). 2 booklets, 16pp

FOULKES: 4/11

1925-1957

Papers concerning the planned publication of 'Adventures of an Engineer Subaltern', including correspondence with various publishers, and comments on the text by Thomas Foulkes. 83pp

FOULKES: 4/12

1945-1948, 1954

Papers, including draft for the introduction of 'Adventures of an Engineer Subaltern' and preface by former Commander, Royal Engineers, Lt Gen Sir Ronald Charles. 24pp

FOULKES: 4/13

1940s

Annotated typescript draft papers, for Section 5, relating to the Anglo-French Boundary Commission in Northern Nigeria, 1902-1904 including an account of Foulkes' pursuit and capture of Aliyu, Emir of Kano, 1903. 77pp