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* [[Arab Rifles]]
 
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* [[1st Battalion Assyrian Infantry]]
 
* [[Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
 
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** [[2/3rd King's African Rifles]]
 
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** [[4th King's African Rifles]]
 
** [[1/4th King's African Rifles]]
 
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* [[Sierra Leone Battalion]]
 
* [[Sierra Leone Battalion]]
 
* [[South Persia Rifles]]
 
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* [[West African Frontier Force]]
 
* [[West African Regiment, Sierra Leone]]
 
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* [[East African Mounted Rifles]]
 
* [[East African Mounted Rifles]]
 
* [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]]
 
* [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]]
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* [[Mounted Infantry Company, 3rd King's African Rifles]] war diary in WO 95/5336
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== Colonial artillery units ==
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* [[Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery]]
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** [[Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery]]
  
 
== Colonial labour corps ==
 
== Colonial labour corps ==

Revision as of 03:26, 30 July 2016

This page covers units of the British Empire except for the forces of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. These were either colonial forces raised by the governments of individual colonies, or imperial forces raised directly by the British Crown outside the United Kingdom.

For the rest of the British Empire forces, see:


Colonial infantry

Please add any missing battalions or regiments by creating red links.

Colonial mounted units

Colonial artillery units

Colonial labour corps

Other colonial units

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