Provenance
Child, Herbert Alexander (1870 - 1914)
Description
Herbert Alexander Child entered the Royal Navy in 1883 but resigned in 1894 to join the Royal Niger Coast Protectorate as marine superintendant. He served on successive colonial expeditions in Nigeria: Brohimi (1894), Brass River (1895), Benin City (1897), Aro (1901–2) and Brass River (1905), and was promoted to lieutenant in 1891 and lieutenant commander in 1899 (British Museum website[278]).
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Lieutenant
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Roles
Member of the Royal Navy, Member of the British Colonial Military Campaign on Benin, February 1897, Collected in the fieldPlaces of contact
Benin City, NGContain
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Digital Benin research
English designation
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
English designation
Digital Benin research
English designation