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=== Unit histories ===
 
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Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
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=== Other official documents ===
 
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== Other sources ==
 
== Other sources ==
 
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* [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/315722.html Article on the West African Regiment in the attack on Cameroon]
  
 
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[[Category:British colonial units needing name checks]]
 
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[[Category:Sierra Leone]]
 
[[Category:Sierra Leone]]
 
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== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:01, 14 June 2017

West African Regiment, Sierra Leone
Years active:
Country: Sierra Leone
Service: British Imperial Forces
Branch: Regular Army (British Imperial Forces)
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry regiment (administrative)
Full size:
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Alternate names:
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.


Personal narratives

Related media

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

Other official documents

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2955 WO 329/2934
British War and Victory medals WO 329/2299 WO 329/2329
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.