KAR

E827691

colonial regiment infantry regiment military unit abbreviation

KAR is the commonly used abbreviation for the King's African Rifles, a former multi-battalion British colonial regiment recruited from East Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
King's African Rifles	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ military unit abbreviation ⓘ
activeDuring	20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
conflict	Abyssinian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Burma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Mau Mau Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decorations	Victoria Cross (awarded to some members) NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbanded	1960s ⓘ
formedFrom	Central Africa Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zomba NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	infantry ⓘ
notableCommander	Jan Smuts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (opposing commander in East Africa Campaign) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTheater	Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
officerCorps	British officers ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
personnelType	askari ⓘ
recruitedFrom	British Somaliland NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyasaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanganyika Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	colonial defense ⓘ expeditionary warfare ⓘ internal security ⓘ
size	multi-battalion regiment ⓘ
standsFor	King's African Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Kenya Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Malawi Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzanian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
uniformFeature	puttees ⓘ tarboosh ⓘ

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King's African Rifles → nickName → KAR ⓘ