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− | Lieutenant | + | Lieutenant [https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5442021 John Bruce Cairnie] kept diaries while serving with these units: |
* [[1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, UK|1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders]] | * [[1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, UK|1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders]] |
Revision as of 08:28, 11 August 2016
3/4th King's African Rifles | |
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Years active: | – |
Country: | |
Service: | British colonial forces |
Branch: | unknown |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1000 |
Sources for overview: | |
Created: | |
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Name1: | 3rd Battalion 4th Regiment King's African Rifles |
Name1 Start: | |
Name1 End: | |
Reason for change: | |
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Alternate names: | |
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Disbanded: | |
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | King's African Rifles |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | |
End date: | |
Sources: |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Lindi Force |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/07/1917 |
End date: | 30/09/1917 |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | No 4 Column, Lindi Force |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/10/1917 |
End date: | 30/11/1917 |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Hanforce |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/12/1917 |
End date: | 31/12/1917 |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Independent Column, Norforce |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/01/1918 |
End date: | 31/07/1918 |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Colonel Baxter's Column, Norforce |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/08/1918 |
End date: | 30/09/1918 |
Sources: |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Central Force, Norforce |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/10/1918 |
End date: | 31/01/1919 |
Sources: |
Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | East and West Africa |
Date entered: | 01/07/1917 |
Date left: | 31/01/1919 |
Sources: |
Contents
Personal narratives
John Bruce Cairnie
Lieutenant John Bruce Cairnie kept diaries while serving with these units:
- 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
- 5/4th King's African Rifles
- 3/4th King's African Rifles
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5323 (01/07/1917–30/09/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5324 (01/10/1917–30/11/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5320 (01/12/1917–31/12/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331 (01/01/1918–31/07/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331 (01/08/1918–30/09/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5331 (01/10/1918–31/01/1919)
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
References