Images Dated 15th March 2005

Fante Soldiers serving with the British against the Ashanti

Soldiers from the Fante tribe who served under the British in their war against the Ashanti empire on the Gold Coast. In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. They did this with the help of their alliances with tribes such as the Fante who were enemies of the Ashanti

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Royal Visit to Lincoln. Mrs Beechey, The widow of w Lincolnshire clergyman who had

Royal Visit to Lincoln.
Mrs Beechey, The widow of w Lincolnshire clergyman who had eight sons - five have been killed during the war - one has been maimed and is helpless for life and the remaining one (aged 18) has been called up for service.
9 April 1918

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Port of Christianborg near Accra, 1873

This former Swedish outpost on the Gold Coast was sold to the British in 1873 when, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874. They then moved their administrative capital from Cape Coast Castle to Accra and their new acquisition, the Fort of Christianborg

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