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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===
  
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* Walter Douglas Downes, ''With the Nigerians in German East Africa'' (London, Methuen, 1919). [https://archive.org/details/withnigeriansing00down Available at Internet Archive]
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=== Other official documents ===
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==== Medal rolls ====
  
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
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|1914-15 Star
 
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|[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247588 WO 329/2956]
 
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|[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247272 WO 329/2934], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4438153 WO 329/2935], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4438154 WO 329/2936], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247275 WO 329/2937]
 
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|British War and Victory medals
 
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|[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4437549 WO 329/2331], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4437550 WO 329/2332], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4437551 WO 329/2333], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4437552 WO 329/2334], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4437553 WO 329/2335], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7246871 WO 329/2359]
 
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|Territorial Force War Medal
 
|Territorial Force War Medal
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== Other sources ==
 
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[[Category:British colonial units needing name checks]]
 
[[Category:British colonial units needing name checks]]
 
[[Category:Nigeria]]
 
[[Category:Nigeria]]
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== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 07:16, 12 November 2017

Nigeria Regiment
Years active: –
Country: Nigeria
Service: British colonial forces
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry regiment (administrative)
Full size:
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Alternate names:
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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
Relationship type:
Parent unit: West African Frontier Force
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 1st Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 2nd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 3rd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 4th Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Personal narratives

Related media

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

Other official documents

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2956 WO 329/2934, WO 329/2935, WO 329/2936, WO 329/2937
British War and Victory medals WO 329/2305 WO 329/2331, WO 329/2332, WO 329/2333, WO 329/2334, WO 329/2335, WO 329/2359
Territorial Force War Medal


Other sources

References


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