King's African Rifles

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King's_African_Rifles
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1902–1960s
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Burma_1944–45
Abyssinia 1941
East Africa 1914–18
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:disbanded 1960s
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Central_Africa_Regiment
gptkb:East_Africa_Rifles
gptkb:Uganda_Rifles
gptkbp:garrison Nairobi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King's African Rifles
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Quis_Separabit
gptkbp:nickname KAR
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_Orde_Wingate
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Colonial_Forces
gptkbp:recruitedFrom gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Northern_Rhodesia
gptkb:British_East_Africa
gptkb:Nyasaland
Tanganyika
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Mau_Mau_Uprising
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kenya_Rifles
gptkb:Malawi_Rifles
gptkb:Tanzania_Rifles
gptkb:Uganda_Rifles
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ugandan_Army
gptkb:Idi_Amin
gptkb:British_Army_(World_War_II)
gptkb:East_African_Campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6