1/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles
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1/1st 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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Name1: | 1st (Nyasaland) Battalion King's African Rifles |
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Reason for change: | split into multiple battalions |
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Name2: | 1st Battalion 1st Regiment King's African Rifles |
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Alternate names: | 1/1st KAR |
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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: | 1st Regiment King's African Rifles |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | East and West Africa |
Date entered: | 01/01/1916 |
Date left: | 30/11/1918 |
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Unit war diaries
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5369/2 (01/01/1916–31/03/1916)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/2 (01/01/1917–31/03/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/18 (01/01/1917–30/06/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/8 (01/07/1917–31/12/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/9 (01/06/1918–30/06/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331/3 (01/07/1918–30/11/1918)
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