King's African Rifles: A History and East African Forces

Page, Malcolm

ISBN 10: 1848844387 / ISBN 13: 9781848844384

Published by Pen and Sword, 2011, 2011

About this Item

Reprint of 1998. 298p. Maps. Covers from 1900 to about 1960. Large wraps. Owner's name. Fine Copy.

Seller Inventory # 4-1155

Bibliographic Details

• Title: King's African Rifles: A History and East African Forces
• Publisher: Pen and Sword, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848844387
• ISBN 13: 9781848844384
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • BRITISH ARMY::AFRICA
  • List 106
  • List 104
  • BRITISH ARMY
  • BRITISH REGIMENTS

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Synopsis

Whatever one may think about the rights and wrongs of colonial rule, it is hard to deny that during the first half of the this century those African countries, which then came under British administration enjoyed a period of stability which most now look back upon with a profound sense of loss. Paradoxical though it may seem, one of the bulwarks of that stability was each country’s indigenous army. Trained and officered by the British, these force became a source of both pride and cohesion in their own country, none more so than the King’s African Rifles. founded in 1902 and probably the best known of the East African forces.

In this, the first complete history of the East African forces, Malcolm Page, who himself served in the Somaliland Scouts for a number of years, has had access to much new material while researching the history of each unit from it’s foundation to the time of independence.

Historians in several fields will be grateful to him for having put on record this very important period in the annals of both Great Britain and East Africa while the memories of many who served there were still fresh, and they themselves will perhaps be most grateful of all for this lasting tribute to the men they served and who served them, for in that shared sense of duty lay the true spirit of East African Forces.