A soldier of the King's African Rifles at a rest camp in Assam, 1944

Photograph, World War Two (1939-1945), India, 1944.

Prior to the war there were six battalions of the King's African Rifles, but during the conflict 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.