King's african rifles book

Tales from the kings african rifles by john nunneley. The king s royal rifle corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the british army that was originally raised in british north america as the royal american regiment during the phase of the seven years war in north america known as the french and indian war. The kings african rifles kar was a multibattalion british colonial regiment raised from britains various possessions in east africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. On 1 january 1902 the king s african rifles came into being, incorporating the original regiments as battalions, six battalions. Moysebartlett is available at in several formats for your ereader. Paradoxical though it may seem, one of the bulwarks of that stability was each countrys indigenous army. A history is the 2011 reprint of a history of the kings african rifles and east african forces published in 1998. Whatever one may think about the rights and wrongs of colonial rule, it is hard to deny that during the first half of th. The total strength was returned as 4,683 officers and men, including 104 british officers. John nunneleys tales from the kings african rifles is a memoir of a young british officer he was only 20 who was seconded to the kar during world war ii. The total strength was returned as 4,683 officers and men, including104 british officers. Sir joseph byrne, governor kenya inspects smart native units of britains colonial empire. This is john nunneleys account of how as a 19yearold officer in world war ii he arrived in kenya to join the kings africa rifles, a famous colonical regiment, to lead his askaris first in africa read more.

Finally, on 1st january, 1902, all these various battalions were amalgamated into a new regiment, to be known as. Subsequently numbered the 60th regiment of foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the british empire. On 1 january 1902 the kings african rifles came into being, incorporating the original regiments as battalions, six battalions. A history of the kings african rifles and east african forces. The kings african rifles kar was a multibattalion british colonial regiment raised from the various british possessions in east africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. Kings african rifles soldier vs schutztruppe soldier. He served in somalia and abyssinia in africa and then with 36 kar in burma. The kings african rifles volume 2 isbn 9781781506639. Read kings african rifles a history by malcolm page available from rakuten kobo. It performed both military and internal security functions within the east african colonies as well as external service as recorded below. It performed both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside these territories during the world wars. This book is an absolute must own for the african military history enthusiast. A history of the kings african rifles and east african.