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* [[South African units in World War I]] | * [[South African units in World War I]] | ||
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| + | * [[1st East African Division]] | ||
| + | * [[2nd East African Division]] | ||
| + | * [[3rd East African Division]] | ||
| + | * [[1st East African Infantry Brigade]] | ||
| + | * [[2nd East African Infantry Brigade]] | ||
| + | * [[3rd East African Infantry Brigade]] | ||
| + | * [[Nigerian Brigade]] | ||
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** [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]] | ** [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]] | ||
* [[King's African Rifles]] | * [[King's African Rifles]] | ||
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| − | ** [[5/4th King's African Rifles]] | + | ** [[4th Regiment King's African Rifles]] |
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| + | ** [[7th Regiment King's African Rifles]] | ||
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* [[Nigeria Regiment]] | * [[Nigeria Regiment]] | ||
** [[1st Battalion Nigeria Regiment]] | ** [[1st Battalion Nigeria Regiment]] | ||
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* [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]] | * [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]] | ||
* [[Mounted Infantry Company, 3rd King's African Rifles]] | * [[Mounted Infantry Company, 3rd King's African Rifles]] | ||
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| + | == Colonial artillery units == | ||
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| + | * [[Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery]] | ||
| + | ** [[Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery]] | ||
== Colonial labour corps == | == Colonial labour corps == | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 18 June 2017
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:
- Australian units in World War I
- British units in World War I
- Canadian units in World War I
- Indian units in World War I
- New Zealand units in World War I
- South African units in World War I
Contents
Colonial formations
- 1st East African Division
- 2nd East African Division
- 3rd East African Division
- 1st East African Infantry Brigade
- 2nd East African Infantry Brigade
- 3rd East African Infantry Brigade
- Nigerian Brigade
Colonial infantry
Please add any missing battalions or regiments by creating red links.
- Arab Rifles
- 1st Battalion Assyrian Infantry
- Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
- British West Indies Regiment
- 1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 3rd Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 4th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 5th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 6th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 7th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 8th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 9th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 10th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- 11th Battalion British West Indies Regiment
- Ceylon Light Infantry
- Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
- Composite Battalion (Gold Coast And Sierra Leone Field Force)
- Gambia Regiment
- Gold Coast Regiment
- King's African Rifles
- Nigeria Regiment
- Northern Rhodesia Rifles
- Rhodesia Native Regiment
- Rhodesian Regiment
- Royal Jersey Militia
- Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
- Royal Malta Regiment
- Royal Newfoundland Regiment
- Sierra Leone Battalion
- South Persia Rifles
- West African Frontier Force
- West African Regiment, Sierra Leone
- West India Regiment
Colonial mounted units
- East African Mounted Rifles
- Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment
- Mounted Infantry Company, 3rd King's African Rifles
Colonial artillery units
Colonial labour corps
- Aden Labour Corps
- Cape Coloured Labour Corps, South African
- Chinese Labour Corps
- East African Military Labour Corps
- Egyptian Labour Corps
- Fijian Labour Corps
- Jewish Labour Corps
- Maltese Labour Corps
- Seychelles Labour Corps
- South African Native Labour Corps
