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Arthur Mooring
Sir Arthur Mooring (November 23, 1908 - 1969) was educated at Bedford Modern School and Queens' College, Cambridge before entering the Colonial Service in 1931. He served there for a number of years in Nigeria before joining the Royal West African Frontier Forces , serving in West Africa, India and Burma. he was mentioned in dispatches and gained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Following the Second World War, he returned to Nigeria and rose to become the Deputy Governor of the Western region. In 1959 he became the British Resident in Zanzibar, a position he held until independence in 1963.
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