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T.F.
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created 1 February 2001. Corrected and updated
01.06.2005
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The
Queen's Own
Nigeria Regiment
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Nigeria
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1914.01.01 |
The Nigeria
Regiment, West African Frontier Force
formed by union of Northern
Nigeria Regiment, and Southern
Nigeria Regiment |
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- 1st Battalion, redesignation of
1st Bn Northern Nigeria Regt
- 2nd Battalion, redesignation of
2nd Bn Northern Nigeria Regt
- 3rd Battalion, redesignation of
3rd Bn Northern Nigeria Regt
- 4th (Lagos) Battalion, redesignation
of 2nd Bn, Southern Nigeria Regt
- 5th Battalion, redesignation of
1st Battalion, Southern Nigeria Regt
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1928 |
The Nigeria
Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force |
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1956 |
The Queen's
Own Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier
Force |
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1960 |
transferred
to the Royal Nigerian Army |
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1963 |
The Nigeria
Regiment |
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Regulars:
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First and Second World War):
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[combined battle honours of Northern
Nigeria Regiment, and Southern Nigeria
Regiment, plus:]
The Great War (9 battalions):
Behobeho,
Nyangao, East Africa 1916-18, Duala,
Garua, Banyo, Cameroons 1914-16
The Second World War:
Juba,
Goluin, Marda Pass, Babile Gap, Bisidimo, Colito, Omo,
Lechemti, Abyssinia 1940-41, North
Arakan, Kaladan, Mayu Valley, Myohaung, Arakan Beaches,
Kangaw, Dalet, Tamandu, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943-45
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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Commandant: |
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1913.10.24 |
Bt. Col. C.H.P. Carter, CB, CMG (Royal Scots) |
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1914.09.06 |
Maj. F.H. Cunliffe (Middlesex Regt) |
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1914-1918 |
acting commandants as required |
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1918-1920 |
vacant |
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1920.03.20 |
Col. G.T. Mair, CMG, DSO |
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1924 |
Col. J.F. Badham, DSO |
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1926 |
Col. W.B. Greenwell, CMG, DSO |
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1929 |
Col. C.C. Norman, CMG, DSO |
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1931 |
Col. W.R. Meredith, CBD, DSO |
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1936 |
Brig. D.P. Dickinson, DSO, OBE, MC |
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1939 |
Brig. W.R. Smallwood, DSO, MC |
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1940-1946 |
vacant |
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1946 |
Brig. (Hon. Maj-Gen.) Charles Roger Alan
Swynnerton, CB, DSO [also Col. N
Staffs Regt; Col. Cmdt. RWAFF] |
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1949.11.11 |
Maj-Gen. Cecil Benfield Fairbanks, CB, CBE
[also Col. Sherwood Foresters] |
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1952.12.04
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Maj-Gen. George Henry Inglis, CB, CBE |
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1956.02.24 |
Maj-Gen. Kenneth Godfrey Exham, KG, CB,
DSO [to 1960; also Hon.
Col. 6th/7th Bn, R
Welch Fus] |
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1963.01.01 |
Brig. John Alexander Mackenzie, CBE, DSO,
MC |
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Motto: |
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Nicknames: |
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Anniversaries: |
Myohaung
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
1st Bn (1898):
La Paloma |
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2nd Bn (1898):
The Lancashire Poacher |
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Southern Nigeria
Regt (1900): Old Calabar |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
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Regimental
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Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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