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the Gambia was also home to 55 British General Hospital from 1941 to 1942, 40 British General Hospital from 1942 to 1943, and 55 British General Hospital again from 1945 to 1946. [16] During World War II, the Gambia also formed an Auxiliary Police, who, among other things, helped to enforce the blackout in Bathurst.
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era. The colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul), and the protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia River, which was declared in 1894.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... This is a timeline of History of the Gambia. Each article deals with events in The Gambia in a given year ...
The Gambia: Gambia 18 February: 1965: Gained independence as a Dominion. Republic declared in 1970. Was temporarily a republic outside the Commonwealth from 2013 until it returned to the Commonwealth in 8 February 2018. Ghana: Gold Coast, British Togoland (Togoland was absorbed into the Gold Coast in 1957.) 6 March: 1957
A sketch of the town of Bathurst, The Gambia, published in 1824 Otoo Ababio II., Omanhene of Abura, being presented to Prince of Wales, Accra, Gold Coast, 1925. British West Africa constituted during two periods (17 October 1821, until its first dissolution on 13 January 1850, and again 19 February 1866, until its final demise on 28 November 1888) as an administrative entity under a governor ...
1.2 Timeline. 2 List of colonial empires. ... the British Empire steadily expanded to become by far the largest empire in history; ... British Gambia (1821–1965)
The British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state of The Gambia, which shared its Sovereign with other Commonwealth realms. The Queen's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of the Gambia. The Governors-General who held office in The Gambia were: Sir John Warburton Paul (18 February 1965 – 9 February 1966)
Upper Kombo ceded to the British by the King of Kombo in 1853. Commanded British soldiers at both sackings of Sabbajee. Negotiated end to Soninke-Marabout War (1850–1856). Albreda ceded by the French to the British in 1857. Daniel Robertson α (1813–1883) 23 April 1859 6 September 1859 – Colonial Secretary of the Gambia (1849–1865) Himself