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#REDIRECT [[1/4th King's African Rifles]]
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| country = Uganda
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| service = British Imperial Forces
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| branch = King's African Rifles (British Imperial Forces)
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| type = Infantry
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| specific_type = Infantry battalion
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| size_at_full_strength = 1000
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| unit_name1 = 4th (Uganda) Battalion King's African Rifles
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = split into multiple battalions
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| unit_name2 = 1st Battalion 4th Regiment King's African Rifles
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| alternate_unit_names = 1/4th KAR
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| parent = King's African Rifles
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| relationship_type = Administrative
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| parent = 4th Regiment King's African Rifles
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| relationship_type = Administrative
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| date_entered_ToW = 01/08/1914
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| date_left_ToW = 30/09/1918
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| ToW_code = 7
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=== Harold S. Pinder ===
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Bodleian Library, Oxford, [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/blcas/kings-african-rifles.html MSS Afr. s. 1715] (215*) (Box 15) is a collection of photostats of letters sent home by Harold Pinder (later a brigadier) while serving in this battalion in 1913-1914. (The catalogue description says the original letters are held by the Imperial War Museum, but where are they in the IWM catalogue?)
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== Related media ==
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* Imperial War Museum [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205085883 Q 67818]: photo of men of this battalion with a wounded German askari soldier.
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* Imperial War Museum [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205315020 Q 67820]: photo of an officer of this battalion handing over medical stores to the Germans under a flag of truce.
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4baf1d0e345f4d88a8e44da9343343d1|WO 95/5333/1|01/08/1914|31/12/1915}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/07d4273da24747dc8c862b0591a1af8d|WO 95/5333/14|01/11/1915|31/05/1916}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f432aa86039f4ba7ba57fce9509963a4|WO 95/5333/2|01/01/1916|31/07/1916}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f612cecda6cb4d26a52ba1f047df132c|WO 95/5334/13|01/11/1916|31/03/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d486ca3ae19248f5b65c186ce9f709c9|WO 95/5331/17|01/04/1917|31/08/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/216f2e88f74e4c3ba604073b95e74d28|WO 95/5331/12|01/09/1917|30/11/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3678ee3abccb44349129e621206ebef8|WO 95/5331/13|01/05/1918|31/12/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e4b1d201a172482da4e2810e22d6a4d1|WO 95/5328/14|01/08/1918|30/09/1918}}
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Latest revision as of 07:03, 12 November 2017

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1/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles
Years active: –
Country: Uganda
Service: British Imperial Forces
Branch: King's African Rifles (British Imperial Forces)
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1000
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Name1: 4th (Uganda) Battalion King's African Rifles
Name1 Start:
Name1 End:
Reason for change: split into multiple battalions
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1st Battalion 4th Regiment King's African Rifles
Name2 Start:
Name2 End:
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names: 1/4th KAR
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: King's African Rifles
Parent level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: 4th Regiment King's African Rifles
Parent level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: East and West Africa
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 30/09/1918
Sources:


Personal narratives

Harold S. Pinder

Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Afr. s. 1715 (215*) (Box 15) is a collection of photostats of letters sent home by Harold Pinder (later a brigadier) while serving in this battalion in 1913-1914. (The catalogue description says the original letters are held by the Imperial War Museum, but where are they in the IWM catalogue?)

Related media

  • Imperial War Museum Q 67818: photo of men of this battalion with a wounded German askari soldier.
  • Imperial War Museum Q 67820: photo of an officer of this battalion handing over medical stores to the Germans under a flag of truce.


Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5333/1 (01/08/1914–31/12/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5333/14 (01/11/1915–31/05/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5333/2 (01/01/1916–31/07/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5334/13 (01/11/1916–31/03/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/17 (01/04/1917–31/08/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/12 (01/09/1917–30/11/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/13 (01/05/1918–31/12/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5328/14 (01/08/1918–30/09/1918)


Unit histories

Other official documents

Other sources


References


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