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Revision as of 16:41, 1 April 2016
| King's African Rifles
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1902 –
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British colonial forces
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unknown
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Infantry
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Infantry regiment (administrative)
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none
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1902.
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| Command structure
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Administrative
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1st King's African Rifles
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1/1st King's African Rifles
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Administrative
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3/1st King's African Rifles
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1/2nd King's African Rifles
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2/2nd King's African Rifles
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3/2nd King's African Rifles
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3rd King's African Rifles
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1/3rd King's African Rifles
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2/3rd King's African Rifles
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3/3rd King's African Rifles
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4th King's African Rifles
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1/4th King's African Rifles
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2/4th King's African Rifles
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3/4th King's African Rifles
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4/4th King's African Rifles
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5/4th King's African Rifles
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2/6th King's African Rifles
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Administrative
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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
None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.
See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.
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.
Other sources
References
