Published research outputs

Lost burials in Mombasa

The search for lost burials is one of the more challenging aspects of our work. Working with anthropologists, specialists, and archaeologists, our historians have developed a methodology in searching for missing sites, using archive sources and mapping software to build composite maps. The most successful use of this approach was in Mombasa, where two likely First World War burial sites have been located and progress is now underway to work with the communities affected. This approach could be mirrored across East Africa.

Read the latest research report for Mombasa

Discovering a cemetery in Dar-es-Salaam

Following the same methodology adopted to search for evidence of lost cemeteries in Mombasa, this report focuses on Dar-es-Salaam – the capital of what was German East Africa, which was occupied by British forces in early September 1916.

Combining archival research from Tanzania and the UK, the CWGC’s Non-Commemoration Programme has identified the probable location of a cemetery for potentially thousands of African carriers who died in British service during the First World War. 

Read the latest research report for Dar-es-Salaam