King's African Rifles

King's African Rifles
Years active:	1902 –
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Service:	British colonial forces
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry regiment (administrative)
Full size:	none
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Created:	1902.
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1st King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1/1st King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3/1st King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1/2nd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	2/2nd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3/2nd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3rd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1/3rd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	2/3rd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3/3rd King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1/4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	2/4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	3/4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	4/4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	5/4th King's African Rifles
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	2/6th King's African Rifles
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Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	1/7th King's African Rifles
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Related media

• Photo of men of the King's African Rifles at the National Army Museum.
• Film entitled Operations of the British Expeditionary Forces in East Africa includes footage of King's African Rifles. Original held by the Imperial War Museum, catalogue reference IWM 84.

William James Clachan

Captain

Photograph Album of King's African Rifles, 1916-1917, photographed by Captain William James Clachan (Service Nos BR 37/1638, NZEF 10/316), Alexander Turnbull Library (PA1-O-097)

Photograph Album of King's African Rifles at Zomba, 1917-1918, photographed by Captain William James Clachan (Service Nos BR 37/1638, NZEF 10/316), Alexander Turnbull Library (PA1-o-098)

Official sources

Unit war diaries

None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.

See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.

Unit histories

• Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS. Afr. s. 1715 (197) (Boxes 12-14): papers of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett, the official historian of the King's African Rifles.

Other official documents

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 106/24, inspection reports, 1902-14
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): CO 623, register of Colonial Office correspondence about the King's African Rifles.
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): CO 624, Colonial Office register of out-letters about the King's African Rifles.

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal	Officers	Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star	WO 329/2956	WO 329/2938
British War and Victory medals	WO 329/2305	WO 329/2341, WO 329/2342, WO 329/2360, WO 329/2363, WO 329/2364, WO 329/2365
Territorial Force War Medal

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.