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    The Northern Rhodesia Regiment (NRR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from the protectorate of Northern Rhodesia. It was formed...
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    The Rhodesia Regiment (RR) was one of the oldest and largest regiments in the Rhodesian Army. It served on the side of the United Kingdom in the Second...
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    the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It existed between 1953 and 1963...
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    Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two...
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    The regiment was formed in May 1940 in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. The RAR were officially declared the successor to the Rhodesia Native...
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    North-Western and North-Eastern Rhodesia, which were joined in 1911 to form Northern Rhodesia. Within Northern Rhodesia, there was a separate Kingdom called...
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  • Edward Makuka Nkoloso (category Northern Rhodesia Regiment soldiers)
    the northern part of Northern Rhodesia. Some sources refer to him as "Edward Makuka Nkoloso". He was drafted into the Northern Rhodesia Regiment in World...
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    1942; departed 29 June 1944 2nd Northern Rhodesia Regiment 3rd Northern Rhodesia Regiment 4th Northern Rhodesia Regiment 55th (Tanganyika) Light Battery...
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    Battalion, King's African Rifles (from 9 October 1940) 1st Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment (from 21 November 1940) Renamed the 21st (East Africa) Infantry...
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    Air Service Regiment until Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980. During the Malayan campaign (1951–1953), a group of men from Southern Rhodesia volunteered...
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    all-white Rhodesia Regiment into a permanent defence force, complemented locally by the partly paramilitary British South Africa Police (BSAP). The Rhodesia Regiment...
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  • initially, from the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. The brigade later included units from the King's African Rifles and the Mauritius Regiment. During the Second...
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    King's African Rifles (category British colonial regiments)
    independent, the regiment began to break up: 1st Battalion – 1st Battalion, Malawi Rifles 2nd Battalion – 2nd Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment (subsequently...
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    and Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Kenya Regiment soldiers also formed the basis for the creation of the Kenya Armoured Car Regiment. The regiment was recalled...
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  • Norman Knight (English cricketer) (category Northern Rhodesia Regiment officers)
    (80 km) to Mongu before flying to Lusaka, where he joined the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Knight saw action during the war against the Italians during...
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    created in February 1941, and an intake of potential recruits from the Rhodesia Regiment accepted the following year. A stylised sable head was chosen as the...
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  • Southern Rhodesia Volunteers was an army regiment active from 1898 to 1920 during the time of the British South Africa Company's rule over Rhodesia. In 1898...
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    bodies of water. The Zambian Defence Force had its roots in the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, a multi-ethnic military unit which was raised by the British...
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    Engineer Regiment, Mufulira 6 Construction Regiment Mechanised battalion Zambia Regiment (raised in 1964 from the Northern Rhodesia Regiment) Light Infantry...
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    of the two predecessors of the Royal Air Force. The Rhodesia Regiment, the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the British South Africa Police served in the African...
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  • of Southern Rhodesia, it was the air arm of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 31 December 1963; of Southern Rhodesia once again...
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  • Southern Rhodesian Staff Corps, and then as an officer in the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. In 1951, Walls was promoted to the rank of Captain at the age...
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  • Newcastle Regiment) -- Australia (1959–60)  Australia Royal New South Wales Regiment—Australia (1960–1966) The Northern Rhodesia Regiment (1959–1964)...
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  • Kennedy Trevaskis (category Northern Rhodesia Regiment officers)
    during the Second World War as a soldier and then officer in the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. In August 1940, he was captured by the Italian forces while serving...
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    casualties of 38 killed and 222 wounded, mostly troops of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment and the Camel Corps machine-gunners, along with some equipment...
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    untenable. By August, the garrison consisted of the 1st Battalion Northern Rhodesia Regiment (1st NRR), the 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion KAR, the 1st East African...
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    British South Africa Company (category Northern Rhodesia)
    claims in Southern Rhodesia were nullified in 1918, its land rights in Northern Rhodesia and its mineral rights in Southern Rhodesia had to be bought out...
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    Battalion, King's African Rifles 1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment 1st Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment Under Brig. N. C. Hendricks: 11th (Kenya) Battalion...
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    Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment, 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment and 2nd...
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  • was composed of units from the King's African Rifles and the Northern Rhodesia Regiment. During the Second World War, the brigade formed part of the 1st...
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