4th (Uganda) Battalion, King’s African Rifles, July 1939 (b/w photo)

4th (Uganda) Battalion, The King’s African Rifles, July 1939. Photograph, World War Two, 1939. The British formed regiments in their African colonies and protectorates in the 19th century. In 1902 the King’s African Rifles were formed of units from East Africa, with battalions of soldiers from Nyasaland (Malawi), Kenya, Uganda and Somaliland (Somalia). The officers and some of the non-commissioned officers were British, while the ‘other ranks’ were made up of local Africans. From an album of 608 photographs compiled by Colin Campbell of the King’s African Rifles.