Nigeria Regiment

Nigeria Regiment
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Country:	Nigeria
Service:	British colonial forces
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Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry regiment (administrative)
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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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Subordinate unit:	1st Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
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Subordinate unit:	2nd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	2nd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
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Subordinate unit:	3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Subordinate unit:	3rd Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Command structure
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Subordinate unit:	4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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Relationship type:	Administrative
Subordinate unit:	4th Service Battalion, Nigeria Regiment
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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

• Walter Douglas Downes, With the Nigerians in German East Africa (London, Methuen, 1919). Available at Internet Archive

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

References

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