First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Sir HUGH CLIFFORD's book on the Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign

Hugh Clifford was born in London in 1866. He worked as the British High Commissioner in Malaya, then left Malaya to take the post of Colonial Secretary of Trinidad. Later he was appointed Governor of the Gold Coast, 1912–1919, Nigeria, 1919–1925, and Ceylon, 1925–1927. His book 'THE GOLD COAST REGIMENT IN THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN' was published in London by John Murray in 1920.