British Military Administration in Somaliland | |||||||||
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| 1941–1950 | |||||||||
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| Government | Military administration | ||||||||
| Chief Administrator | |||||||||
• 1941–1943 | William Scupham | ||||||||
• 1943–1948 | Denis Wickham | ||||||||
• 1948 | Eric de Candole | ||||||||
• 1948–1950 | Geoffrey Gamble | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 25 February 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 April 1950 | |||||||||
| Currency | pound | ||||||||
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The British Military Administration of Somaliland was the control of the regions of British Somaliland and of the former Italian Somaliland by the British from 1941 until 1949. At the end of 1949, it became a United Nations trust territory which would last from 1950 until 1960 whilst under Italian administration.[1]
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