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* [[South African units in World War I]]
 
* [[South African units in World War I]]
  
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== Colonial formations ==
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* [[1st East African Division]]
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* [[2nd East African Division]]
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* [[3rd East African Division]]
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* [[1st East African Infantry Brigade]]
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* [[2nd East African Infantry Brigade]]
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* [[3rd East African Infantry Brigade]]
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* [[Nigerian Brigade]]
  
 
== Colonial infantry ==
 
== Colonial infantry ==
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* [[Arab Rifles]]
 
* [[Arab Rifles]]
* [[Assyrian Infantry]]
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* [[1st Battalion, Assyrian Infantry]]
 
* [[Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
 
* [[Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps]]
 
* [[British West Indies Regiment]]
 
* [[British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[1st Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[3rd Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[4th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[5th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[5th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[6th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[7th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[7th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[8th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[8th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[9th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[10th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[10th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
** [[11th Battalion British West Indies Regiment]]
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** [[11th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment]]
 
* [[Ceylon Light Infantry]]
 
* [[Ceylon Light Infantry]]
 
* [[Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps]]
 
* [[Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps]]
* [[Composite Battalion (Gold Coast And Sierra Leone Field Force)]]
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* [[Composite Battalion, Gold Coast And Sierra Leone Field Force]]
 
* [[Gambia Regiment]]
 
* [[Gambia Regiment]]
 
** [[Gambia Company]]
 
** [[Gambia Company]]
 
* [[Gold Coast Regiment]]
 
* [[Gold Coast Regiment]]
** [[1st Battalion Gold Coast Regiment]]
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** [[1st Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment]]
 
** [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]]
 
** [[Mounted Infantry Company, Gold Coast Regiment]]
 
* [[King's African Rifles]]
 
* [[King's African Rifles]]
** [[1st King's African Rifles]]
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** [[1st Regiment King's African Rifles]]
** [[1/1st King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[3/1st King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[2/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[1/2nd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[3/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[2/2nd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[4/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[3/2nd King's African Rifles]]
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** [[2nd Regiment King's African Rifles]]
** [[3rd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[1/3rd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[2/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[2/3rd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[3/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[3/3rd King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[4/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[4th King's African Rifles]]
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** [[3rd Regiment King's African Rifles]]
** [[1/4th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[2/4th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[2/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[3/4th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[3/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[4/4th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[4/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[5/4th King's African Rifles]]
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** [[4th Regiment King's African Rifles]]
** [[2/6th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
** [[1/7th King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[2/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[3/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[4/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[5/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[6/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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** [[5th Regiment King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/5th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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** [[6th Regiment King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[2/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
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** [[7th Regiment King's African Rifles]]
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*** [[1/7th Battalion, King's African Rifles]]
 
* [[Nigeria Regiment]]
 
* [[Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[1st Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[2nd Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[3rd Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[4th Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[1st Service Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[1st Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[2nd Service Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[3rd Service Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[3rd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
** [[4th Service Battalion Nigeria Regiment]]
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** [[4th Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment]]
 
* [[Northern Rhodesia Rifles]]
 
* [[Northern Rhodesia Rifles]]
 
* [[Rhodesia Native Regiment]]
 
* [[Rhodesia Native Regiment]]
 
* [[Rhodesian Regiment]]
 
* [[Rhodesian Regiment]]
** [[2nd Battalion Rhodesian Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, Rhodesian Regiment]]
 
* [[Royal Jersey Militia]]
 
* [[Royal Jersey Militia]]
 
** [[Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion]]
 
** [[Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion]]
 
* [[Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
 
* [[Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
** [[1st Battalion Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
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** [[1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
** [[2nd Battalion Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry]]
 
* [[Royal Malta Regiment]]
 
* [[Royal Malta Regiment]]
 
* [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
 
* [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
** [[1st Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
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** [[1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
** [[2nd Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment]]
 
* [[Sierra Leone Battalion]]
 
* [[Sierra Leone Battalion]]
 
* [[South Persia Rifles]]
 
* [[South Persia Rifles]]
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* [[West African Regiment, Sierra Leone]]
 
* [[West African Regiment, Sierra Leone]]
 
* [[West India Regiment]]
 
* [[West India Regiment]]
** [[1st Battalion West India Regiment]]
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** [[1st Battalion, West India Regiment]]
** [[2nd Battalion West India Regiment]]
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** [[2nd Battalion, West India Regiment]]
  
 
== Colonial mounted units ==
 
== Colonial mounted units ==
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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]]
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** [[Hong Kong-Singapore Mountain Battery]]
  
 
== Colonial labour corps ==
 
== Colonial labour corps ==

Latest revision as of 08:27, 12 November 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:

Colonial formations

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