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1/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles | |
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Years active: | – |
Country: | Nyasaland |
Service: | British Imperial Forces |
Branch: | King's African Rifles (British Imperial Forces) |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1000 |
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Created: | |
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Name1: | 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion King's African Rifles |
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Reason for change: | split into multiple battalions |
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Name2: | 1st Battalion 2nd Regiment King's African Rifles |
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Alternate names: | 1/2nd KAR |
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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 | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | King's African Rifles |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | 2nd Regiment King's African Rifles |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 3rd East African Infantry Brigade |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/04/1916 |
End date: | 30/11/1916 |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | 2nd East African Infantry Brigade |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/12/1916 |
End date: | 28/02/1917 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | East and West Africa |
Date entered: | 01/04/1916 |
Date left: | 31/12/1918 |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5341/10 (01/04/1916–30/11/1916)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5340/5 (01/12/1916–28/02/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5325/14 (01/03/1917–31/07/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5323/6 (01/08/1917–31/01/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5324/14 (01/09/1917–30/11/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5326/12 (01/02/1918–30/06/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5328/7 (01/07/1918–30/09/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/20 (01/10/1918–31/12/1918)
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
- Harry Fecitt, 'The First and Second Battalions of the Second Regiment (Nyasaland) of the King's African Rifles at Kibata, German East Africa December 1916 to January 1917', Western Front Association website.
References