Members of the King's African Rifles at camp in Kenya, 1939 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, East Africa, 1939 (c).

Prior to World War Two there were six battalions of the King's African Rifles, but during the war this expanded to 43 battalions, nine independent companies, an armoured car regiment, an artillery unit, as well as engineer, signal and transport sections. Members of the regiment served in Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Burma.

From an album of 608 photographs compiled by Colin Campbell of the King's African Rifles.