West African Frontier Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_African_Frontier_Force
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:awardedBy Royal prefix (1928)
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Gambia_Regiment
gptkb:Gold_Coast_Regiment
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Battalion
gptkb:Nigerian_Regiment
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1960
gptkbp:formed 1897
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Accra
gptkb:Freetown
gptkb:Bathurst
gptkb:Lagos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West African Frontier Force
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Frederick_Lugard
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:British_West_Africa
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Royal_West_African_Frontier_Force
gptkbp:role gptkb:military
internal security
colonial defense
gptkbp:sawAction gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Nigerian_Army
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Army
gptkb:Ghana_Army
gptkb:Gambia_National_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Army_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6