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Author and Publisher

Merchant
Navy

African Adventures

Kenya
Korner

Gordon Mumford Publishing UK Merchant Navy Medal African Adventures Kenya Korner

Gordon Mumford has written award-winning, creatively written non-fiction books about his WWII experiences as a teenager in the Merchant Navy and his adventures in East Africa in following WWII.

He is a 20th centure man. His books are best read in chronological order.

Visit our bookstore to read excerpts and purchase his books.

The Black Pit and Beyond
The Sampan Girl
Dangerous Waters
White Man's Drum
Drums of Rebellion

  Find full details about the published books here

  Author's biography here.

  To contact the author, click here.

  In 2004, SeaWaves Magazine, an online magazine, selected The Black Pit ... and Beyond as their Book of the Year.

Welcome to the Wartime Merchant Navy pages of Gordon Mumford, author of award-winning, creatively written non-fiction books about his World War Two experiences in the British / Allied Merchant Navy.

About the Merchant Navy; About the Ships; Bravery Awards; Convoy ONS154; Memorials; Photo Galleries, Prisoners of War; Radio Officers, Survival at Sea, WW II, Bookshelf; and Website Links..

Tribute is paid to Douglas Crook, 2nd mate of the SS Scottish Heather who saved the ship and crew. Rolls of Honour commemorate:

  over 500 men lost from Convoy ONS154 (1942),

   men lost from the Empire Path (1944); and

  losses from the MV Luling (1945).

These pages contain:

  African photographs from bygone days

  Beaches, Hotels, and Resorts

  East African Lakes and Lake Boats

  Game Parks

*  Homes and Gardens

  Kenya Farms and Farm Maps

  Mountains

* Schools in East Africa

  Towns and Cities

  Transportation and Travel

  Northern Frontier District

  Nigerian Rivers.

* Website about East Africa

* School and Alumni Website

* African Bookshelf.

Kenya Korner is a password-protected list of names of former East Africa residents who wish to connect with friends from their days in East Africa.

To register and add your name and other details to the Kenya List, please go to the Kenya Korner page.

Information and names are added continuously.

   Look for lost friends.

   Search for genealogical information

   Share memories of your time in East Africa.

   Submit jpg files of class photos and school events.

Share your memories of your school days, and read stories submitted by others.

If you are already registered, use this link to jump to the log-in page.

 

Welcome to the Burma Star Association, British Columbia Branch website here
Burma Star BC Branch link here.

Link to Dr. Gregory Mumford at the Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt

  This website won first place in the 2003 annual competition held by The Marine Society.