Formation
Six battalions were formed in 1902 by the amalgamation of the Central Africa Regiment, East Africa Rifles and Uganda Rifles, with one or two battalions located in each of Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda and British Somaliland:
- 1st (Nyasaland) Battalion
- 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion
Both the 1st and 2nd Battalions were also known as the 1st and 2nd Central African Battalions
- 3rd (Kenya) Battalion
- 4th (Uganda) Battalion
- 5th (Uganda) Battalion —the Senior Battalion as it was the first to be raised.
- 6th (British Somaliland) Battalion
The 5th and 6th battalions were subsequently disbanded by 1910 as a cost-saving measure by the Colonial Office and out of white settler concern over the existence of a large trained and indigenous armed force.
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