The Heroes
of the East African Campaign

This article complements the previous one on Hannyngton's Loop. Whilst Brigadier Hannyngton advanced with Centre Column down the Usambara...

Many brave deeds were performed during that night, and machine gunners, a signaller and an artilleryman were later awarded DCM

In early March 1916 General Smuts ordered an attack into German East Africa near Taveta.

After a German attack on a bridge on the Uganda Railway, Nairobi HQ decided to send out three columns to confront the raiders.

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