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The Governor of Tanganyika, H E Sir Edward Twining, presents the British Empire Medal (BEM) to WOPC (Warrant Officer Platoon Commander) Eleuteri, of the 6th Battalion, King's African Rifles, at Iringa, Southern Highlands Province, June 1954. The award was in recognition of WOPC Eleuteri's conduct during a battle at the Kenya Police Post of Othaya in May 1953 when the post was attacked by a Mau Mau gang estimated at between 200 and 400 strong. In the background are Lady Twining, on left of picture, then the Governor's Private Secretary Lt. Col. T Leahy. On the right are Captain Sam Twining RM, in white helmet, and on extreme right Chief Adam Sapi.

Thank you very much for this extensive background to this image. Fascinating.

The Governor, Sir Edward Twining, KCMG, with Masai tribesmen. He was Governor from 1949 until 1958.

Some of the Hehe men, dressed in traditional costume, assembled for the ceremony of the return by the Governor of Tanganyika, Sir Edward Twining, KCMG, of the skull of the former Hehe Chief and war-leader, Mkwawa, at Kalenga, Iringa District, 9 June 1954. The skull had been taken to Germany by the German colonial authorities after Mkwawa's death in 1898.