King's African Rifles

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The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East and Central Africa that served prominently in both World Wars and various regional campaigns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
awarded battle honours for Abyssinia 1940–1941 ⓘ
battle honours for Burma 1942–1945 ⓘ
battle honours for East Africa 1914–1918 ⓘ
battle honours for Madagascar 1942 ⓘ
badge crowned lion standing on a crown over crossed spears ⓘ
conflict Abyssinian Campaign (1940–1941) ⓘ
Burma Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

East African Campaign (World War I) ⓘ
East African Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
First Italo-Ethiopian War-related frontier policing ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Madagascar Campaign (1942) ⓘ
linked to: Madagascar campaign

Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

Somaliland Campaign (1900–1920) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedInto newly independent African national armies ⓘ
dissolved 1960s ⓘ
formedFrom Central Africa Regiment ⓘ
East Africa Rifles ⓘ
Uganda Rifles ⓘ
garrison Dar es Salaam ⓘ
Kampala ⓘ
Khartoum (during campaigns) ⓘ
Lusaka ⓘ
linked to: Lusaka, Zambia

Mombasa ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
Zomba ⓘ
hasPart 11th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
12th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
13th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
1st Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
22nd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
4th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
5th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
6th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
7th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
8th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African Artillery (attached) ⓘ
inception 1902 ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
motto none officially recorded ⓘ
nickName KAR ⓘ
notableCommander Alan Cunningham ⓘ
Jan Smuts ⓘ
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck ⓘ
William Platt ⓘ
notableFor participation in Burma Campaign with African troops ⓘ
recruitment of African soldiers under British officers ⓘ
service in East African Campaigns of both World Wars ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
British colonial forces in Africa ⓘ
recruitedFrom British East Africa Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: British East Africa

Central Africa ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Kenya Colony ⓘ
linked to: British East Africa

Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
Nyasaland Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Nyasaland

Somaliland Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Somaliland

Tanganyika Territory ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania

Uganda Protectorate ⓘ
Zanzibar ⓘ
role frontline combat unit ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
successor Kenya Army ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan Armed Forces

Malawi Army ⓘ
Tanzanian People’s Defence Force (elements) ⓘ
linked to: Tanzanian Air Force

Uganda Army ⓘ
Zambian Army ⓘ
type colonial infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature fez or tarboosh with regimental colors ⓘ
usedLanguage Swahili ⓘ
various local African languages ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Denys Finch Hatton → militaryBranch → King’s African Rifles ⓘ
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King's African Rifles → hasPart → 1st Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
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King's African Rifles → hasPart → 2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
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King's African Rifles → hasPart → 3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
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King's African Rifles → hasPart → 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
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King's African Rifles → hasPart → 5th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 6th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 7th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 8th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 11th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 12th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 13th Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
King's African Rifles → hasPart → 22nd Battalion, King's African Rifles ⓘ
linked to: King's African Rifles
British colonial forces → hasPart → King's African Rifles ⓘ
British Empire armed forces → hasPart → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Idi Amin → militaryBranch → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African campaign → belligerent → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African campaign → significantUnit → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Central Africa Regiment → precursorOf → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East Africa Rifles → precursorOf → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East Africa Rifles → successor → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Uganda Rifles → laterPartOf → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Uganda Rifles → amalgamatedInto → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Uganda Rifles → successor → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African Artillery → branch → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African Artillery → associatedWith → King's African Rifles ⓘ
East African Artillery → usedBy → King's African Rifles ⓘ
KAR → standsFor → King's African Rifles ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief East Africa Command → usedBy → King's African Rifles ⓘ
British Empire in Kenya region → usedSecurityForce → King's African Rifles ⓘ