The major part of the collection consists of volumes of letters, orders and signals relating to the campaign in Togoland and the Cameroons, 1914 to 1916. There are also maps and surveys of the Cameroons, some printed material in German and some chapters on the campaign, in proof, for the Official History of the War (Naval Operations). In addition there are loose memoranda and technical notes on gunnery, 1902 to 1904.

Administrative / biographical background
Fuller entered the Navy in 1887 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1893. He specialized in gunnery and served on the staff of the shore establishment HMS Excellent at Portsmouth in 1902. Two years later he was promoted to commander and became a captain in 1910. After service in China, Fuller took command of HMS CUMBERLAND, 1914, and in the latter part of that year was Senior Naval Officer in the campaign against the German territories in Togoland and the Cameroons. He continued on this service in HMS CHALLENGER and HMS ASTREA and saw the successful termination of the operation in 1915. Fuller subsequently had a distinguished career, becoming Director of the Plans Division of the Naval Staff, 1917, Head of the British Naval Section at the Peace Conference in Paris, 1919 to 1920, and Second Sea Lord in 1932. He retired in the same year.