The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British...
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administrator and Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1949. Nicoll became Governor of Singapore in 1952 and was present during the 1954 National Service riots and...
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Bernard Henry Bourdillon (category Indian Civil Service (British India) officers)
Christi College, Oxford, and they all followed their father into the Colonial Service. Bernard Godwin Bourdillon, Assistant Chief Secretary to Palestine...
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examination for entry to the civil service was combined for the Diplomatic, the Home, the Indian, and the Colonial Services. Candidates had to be aged between...
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District officer (redirect from Colonial district officer)
commissioned officer of one of the colonial governments of the British Empire, from the mid-1930s also a member of the Colonial Service of the United Kingdom, who...
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Medal (OTPM), known as the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) until April 2012, is a medal awarded for gallantry or distinguished service to all ranks of police...
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assume that it isn't. Colonial Land and Emigration Commission Colonial Service List of British Empire-related topics Colonial Office, The Canadian Encyclopedia...
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List of submarines of the Netherlands (section Submarines built for both colonial service and service in Europe)
submarines used for European home waters and K submarines used for colonial service. O1-class submarine O 1 O 2-class submarine O 2 O 3 O 4 O 5 O 6-class...
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.577/450 Martini–Henry (section Colonial service)
Martini–Henry, in service it succeeded the .577 Snider cartridge and was used by all arms of the British armed forces as well British colonial forces throughout...
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Troupes coloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial empire...
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William Des Vœux (section Colonial services)
William Des Vœux GCMG (22 September 1834 – 15 December 1909) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Newfoundland...
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List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century (redirect from List of colonial governors in 1901)
(1973–1974) Tom Critchley, High commissioner (1974–1975) Belgium Belgian colonial empire Monarchs Prime ministers Belgian Congo Governors general Théophile...
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Portuguese navies to classify their medium-sized warships designed for colonial service. The term continued to be used in the French Navy to classify the D'Estienne...
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Montagu Porch (category Colonial Service officers)
1902 and MA in 1904. In 1906, he gained a place as an officer of the Colonial Service in Nigeria (was Assistant Resident in Zaria in 1910) and served in...
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Kindergarten" – to govern and anglicise the British-occupied Transvaal. He was Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal from 1903 until the colony was granted self-government...
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The Colonial Prison Service Medal was established on 28 October 1955 as a long service medal of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. On 10 April 2012...
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Colonialism (redirect from Colonial expansion)
and resented colonial practices. Francophone residents of Quebec, for example, were vocal in opposing conscription into the armed services to fight on...
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Claud Severn (section Colonial service)
Translated Name: 施勳) (1869–1933) was a British colonial administrator. Severn joined the colonial civil service in British Malaya in 1894 and worked under...
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The Colonial Time Service Observatory was an observatory situated on the edge of the Bolton Street Cemetery in Wellington, New Zealand. It was built in...
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the quality and efficiency of the Colonial Service of the British administration. The setting up of public service commissions was proposed in its paragraph...
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Kennedy GCMG CB (Chinese: 堅尼地; 5 April 1809 – 3 June 1883) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of a number of British colonies, namely...
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Samuel Pepys. Colonial Service Departments of the United Kingdom Government FDA His Majesty's Diplomatic Service Northern Ireland Civil Service Public administration...
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The Colonial Pipeline is the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S. The pipeline – consisting of three tubes – is 5,500 miles (8...
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Service in 1918. The Diplomatic Service also absorbed the Colonial Service in the late 1960s. Women were not allowed to join the Diplomatic Service until...
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Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (category Companions of the Distinguished Service Order)
1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and a colonial administrator. He was Governor of Hong Kong (1907–1912), the last Governor...
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The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...
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KCVO, CMG, MBE, KStJ (10 June 1917 – 20 July 1989) was a British Colonial Service officer and soldier who concluded his career as Governor of the Seychelles...
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Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (section Colonial service)
(KCMG) in 1925 New Year Honours for his services to the Government of Ceylon. He was a Fellow of the Colonial Society and the Imperial Institute. A keen...
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Edward Stubbs (section Early Colonial Services)
Stubbs GCMG (Chinese: 司徒拔; 13 October 1876 – 7 December 1947) was a British colonial governor, who was once the Governor of Hong Kong. He caused controversy...
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On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline, an American oil pipeline system that originates in Houston, Texas, and carries gasoline and jet fuel mainly to the Southeastern...
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