West African Frontier Force

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British colonial army formation colonial military unit

The West African Frontier Force was a British colonial military force composed largely of African soldiers from West Africa, used for imperial defense and campaigns in Africa and beyond during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Royal West African Frontier Force 4
West African Frontier Force canonical 3
3rd (West African) Brigade (elements) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial army formation ⓘ
colonial military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
commander Frederick Lugard ⓘ
componentUnit Gambia Company ⓘ
Gold Coast Regiment ⓘ
Northern Nigeria Regiment ⓘ
West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Leone Battalion

Southern Nigeria Regiment ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf African soldiers ⓘ
conflict Second Boer War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1920 ⓘ
garrisonLocation The Gambia ⓘ
surface form: Gambia

Gold Coast ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
inception 1897 ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
notableFor participation in World War I African campaigns ⓘ
role in conquest and pacification of Northern Nigeria ⓘ
use of African non-commissioned officers ⓘ
operatedUnder Colonial Office ⓘ
War Office ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
British Empire armed forces ⓘ
raisedBy Frederick Lugard ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy enlisted African rank-and-file with British officers ⓘ
recruitmentRegion West Africa ⓘ
region British West Africa ⓘ
reorganizedAs West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force
role border defense ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
successor West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force
theaterOfOperations Cameroons campaign ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
German Kamerun campaign ⓘ
German Togoland campaign ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
typeOfUnit artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
support units ⓘ
usedFor colonial campaigns ⓘ
imperial defense ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Trenchard → militaryUnit → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
West African Frontier Force → reorganizedAs → West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force
West African Frontier Force → componentUnit → West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Leone Battalion
West African Frontier Force → successor → West African Frontier Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force
Operation Thursday → participant → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: 3rd (West African) Brigade (elements)
Armed Forces of Liberia → historicalPredecessor → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberia Frontier Force
David McCallum → servedIn → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force
XV Corps (British India) → subordinateUnit → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: 82nd (West Africa) Division
British colonial forces → hasPart → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
British colonial forces → hasPart → West African Frontier Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal West African Frontier Force