KAR

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KAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the King's African Rifles, a former multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East Africa.

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Label Occurrences
KAR canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
military unit abbreviation ⓘ
activeDuring 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
conflict Abyssinian Campaign ⓘ
Burma Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

East African Campaign ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Mau Mau Uprising ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decorations Victoria Cross (awarded to some members) ⓘ
linked to: The Victoria Cross
disbanded 1960s ⓘ
formedFrom Central Africa Rifles ⓘ
East Africa Rifles ⓘ
Uganda Rifles ⓘ
garrison Kampala ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
Zomba ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranch infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Jan Smuts ⓘ
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (opposing commander in East Africa Campaign) ⓘ
notableTheater Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

German East Africa ⓘ
Italian East Africa ⓘ
officerCorps British officers ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
personnelType askari ⓘ
recruitedFrom British Somaliland ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Nyasaland ⓘ
Tanganyika Territory ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
role colonial defense ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
size multi-battalion regiment ⓘ
standsFor King's African Rifles ⓘ
successor Kenya Army ⓘ
Malawi Army ⓘ
Tanzanian Army ⓘ
Uganda Army ⓘ
uniformFeature puttees ⓘ
tarboosh ⓘ

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