The Heroes
of the East African Campaign

The Rajputs came under effective enemy fire when they approached the railway cutting.

During the British advance on Tanga the 101st Grenadiers a sound and steady unit, were deployed on the left of the British lines.

the British advanced on Tanga town with the 2nd Kashmir Rifles on the right flank and the 3rd Kashmir Rifles immediately to the left.

The Kashmir Rifles at Tsavo donated their own boots & 200 yards of pugaree cloth was purchased to wrap around the remaining bare feet.

On 25th September British scouts operating covertly reported that around three companies of German troops were approaching down the valley

Majoreni - defended by Lieut A.J.B. Wavell, & the 60 Arab soldiers that he had recruited from estates along the coast

3rd Kashmir Rifles suffered severely, but used their puggarees (cloth bands wound around head dress) as protection & remained in action

A resident of East Africa & an Indian intelligence officer were selected to land ahead of the invasion to obtain vital information...

In the early months of the Great War Britain decided to send Indian Expeditionary Force ‘B’ (IEF ‘B’) across the Indian Ocean to deliver...

A Military Cross to Lieutenant Edward Lionel Musson and a King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant Aboukir Ahmed,...

For doing very good work and displaying great bravery when at close quarters with the enemy, although twice wounded, at the action at Kissi

For gallant conduct on 3rd November 1914, during the engagement at Longido (East Africa), when he assisted to carry a wounded comrade into c