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* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4414684|WO 106/24}}, inspection reports, 1902-14
 
* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4813|CO 623}}, register of Colonial Office correspondence about the King's African Rifles.
 
* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4813|CO 623}}, register of Colonial Office correspondence about the King's African Rifles.
 
* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4814|CO 624}}, Colonial Office register of out-letters about the King's African Rifles.
 
* {{Cite TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4814|CO 624}}, Colonial Office register of out-letters about the King's African Rifles.

Revision as of 03:01, 16 March 2016

King's African Rifles
Years active: 1902 –
Country:
Service: British colonial forces
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry regiment (administrative)
Full size: none
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Created: 1902. 
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 1st King's African Rifles
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Command structure
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Subordinate unit: 1/1st King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 3/1st King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 1/2nd King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 2/2nd King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 3rd King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 1/3rd King's African Rifles
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Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 4th King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 1/4th King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 4/4th King's African Rifles
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Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 5/4th King's African Rifles
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Subordinate unit: 2/6th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 1/7th King's African Rifles
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Personal narratives

Related media

William James Clachan

Captain

Photograph Album of King's African Rifles, 1916-1917, photographed by Captain William James Clachan (Service Nos BR 37/1638, NZEF 10/316), Alexander Turnbull Library (PA1-O-097)

Photograph Album of King's African Rifles at Zomba, 1917-1918, photographed by Captain William James Clachan (Service Nos BR 37/1638, NZEF 10/316), Alexander Turnbull Library (PA1-o-098)

Official sources

Unit war diaries

Template:WarDiaryNoneAdmin

Unit histories

  • Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (197) (Boxes 12-14): papers of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett, the official historian of the King's African Rifles.

Other official documents

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 106/24, inspection reports, 1902-14
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): CO 623, register of Colonial Office correspondence about the King's African Rifles.
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): CO 624, Colonial Office register of out-letters about the King's African Rifles.

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.


Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2956 WO 329/2938
British War and Victory medals WO 329/2305 WO 329/2341, WO 329/2342, WO 329/2360, WO 329/2363, WO 329/2364, WO 329/2365
Territorial Force War Medal

Other sources


References


This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.