General Erskine takes command of the security forces

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• Fighting the Mau Mau- The British Army and pp. 21-26 · open book

  The second period began when General Sir George Erskine arrived in June 1953.

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• Imperial reckoning - the untold story of Britains Gulag in whole source · open book

  In May 1953, General Sir George Erskine, better known as “Bobbie” Erskine, was called in to bring an end to the violence and restore order to Kenya.

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