Mar 4MOUNTAIN GUNNERS PROVE THEIR WORTH WITH DIRECT FIRE AT KAHE - THREE AWARDS MADE FOR GALLANTRYThe line of trees marks the Soko River, and German trenches were dug in the bush for concealment, but with an excellent field of fire against advancing enemy...
Mar 3TWO ACTS OF BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION BY PATHANS OF THE 17th CAVALRY, INDIAN ARMYNamanga, on the border with German East Africa (GEA - Tanzania) At the end of 1914 British East Africa (Kenya) had been reinforced by Indian Expeditionary Fo...
Feb 29AMBUSH IN THE KAGERA SALIENT - GERMANS HIT HARD AT BRITISH PATROLSLooking from the north across the bridge over the Kagera River at Kyaka Lieutenant Colonel W.T. Shorthose DSO commanded the 1st Battalion 4th (Uganda) King's...
Feb 25THREE INDIAN ORDERS OF MERIT AWARDED FOR HARD FIGHTING AT JASINGerman graves in Tanga of men killed in the Jasin fighting After the British defeat at Tanga (see the article on the Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga) Europe...
Feb 913th RAJPUTS FIGHT ON BOTH DAYS IN THE TANGA BATTLE, ENTERING THE TOWN TO HAUL DOWN GERMAN FLAGSA 1914 German postcard showing Tanga town (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga for an overview of the operation.) The 13th Rajputs (The...
Feb 9101st GRENADIERS LEFT TO FIGHT IT OUT ALONE AT TANGAThe Screen Wall naming the British dead in the Tanga Memorial Cemetery, Tanzania. (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga for an overview ...
Feb 9KASHMIR RIFLES IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHTING AT TANGAThe German Memorial Garden at Tanga (Refer to the article The Loyal North Lancashires at Tanga for an overview of the operation.) On 4th November 1914 the Br...
Feb 9101st GRENADIERS DEFEND THE UGANDA RAILWAY AGAINST GERMAN DEMOLITION PATROLSBritish troops had to defend the railway line running from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast to Kisumu on Lake Victoria. German patrols became proficient at...
Feb 8BHARATPUR IMPERIAL SERVICE INFANTRY FIGHT IN THE UMBA VALLEYThe waterfront at Vanga, south of Mombasa and near the German border The British-sponsored Indian Army supplied most of the sepoys (soldiers) who fought in E...
Feb 2SAVING THE GENERAL - AN INDIAN OFFICER LAYS DOWN HIS LIFEThe 130th Baluchis in British East Africa (Kenya) The 130th (King George's Own) Baluchis, (Jacob's Rifles), Indian Army, was a good unit but it experienced a...
Feb 2LEARNING THE HARD WAY - THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF MAJOR W.A.S. WALKER, 46th PUNJABIS, AND OTHERS Mzima Springs in the Tsavo Valley Major W.A.S. Walker served in the 46th Punjabis, Indian Army, but when the 130th (King George’s Own) Baluchis (Jacob’s Rifl...
Feb 1THE FIGHT AT LUPEMBE POINT, LAKE VICTORIA, GERMAN EAST AFRICA, 6th December 1915The operational situation in East Africa in late 1915 In December 1915 Britain and Belgium were making plans to invade German East Africa (GEA, now Tanzania)...
Jan 30AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY THAT ENDED AT MWELE MDOGOThe eventful life and death of Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC British East Africa in January 1916 On 9th January 1916 the 40th Pathans (Indian Army) dise...
Jan 27CONDUCTOR W. PRESTON‘S GALLANTRY AT TANGA WHEN ATTACKED BY BEES AND STUNG ON THE HEAD OVER 300 TIMESAn African farmer's beehive Sub Conductor W. Preston of the India Army Telegraph Department landed at Tanga in early November 1914 as a member of Indian Expe...
Dec 12, 2019The 29th Punjabis at Tsavo, 6th September 1914For the conspicuous resourcefulness and pluck displayed by him during the action at Tsavo River, British East Africa