Loyal North Lancashires | Heroes of EA WW1

Photographic tour of Maktau Camp

As the railway line moved westwards from Voi towards Taveta a big camp was built half-way at Maktau...

Protecting Railways from German Attack

The Mombasa to Kisumu (on Lake Victoria) railway line had been constructed between 1896 and 1902, and over 36,000 workers had been recruited

First Independent Loyal North Lancashire Machine-Gun Company

Mombasa District HQ, ordered 2nd Bn The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Bura to organize the Battalion Machine-guns as a separate unit

The British Advance on Dar es Salaam - August & September 1916

The British plan for seizing Dar Es Salaam was to advance south from Bagamoyo whilst a fourth column moved southwest to Ngerengere.

DCM Awards Latema-Reata Nek 11-12 March 1916

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

Amphibious raid on Bukoba 22 & 23 June 1915

The raid was a success - the first notable British success in the East African Campaign.

British Armoured Cars fight alongside the Mounted Infantry & Belfield's Scouts - December 1915

the heavy machine gun fire of the British armoured cars, whilst not very accurate because of the thick bush, demoralised the German Askari

Somalis are joined by Loyal North Lancashire's to form Cole's Scouts - 6 April 1915

The 2 LNL War Diary for 7th May 1915 lists Cole's Scouts as on an operation with a strength of 5 officers, 98 other ranks and 1 Machine Gun.

Loyal North Lanc's assault Shirati from Lake Victoria - January 1915

On 3rd January 1915 British Intelligence reported that the Schutztruppe in the Lake Victoria area was crossing the British East Africa borde

Bad Day near Bura for the Loyal North Lancashire's - 29 September 1915

On 29th September 1915 the The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, stationed at Bura to reports of German raiders in the area of Bridge 27.

Recovering the SS Sybil from German territory on Lake Victoria - May 1915

The SS Sybil was one of the smaller steamers on Lake Victoria with a capacity of 700 tons and a speed of 9 knots.

The Loyal North Lancashire's at Tanga - 2 - 5 November 1914

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

The Heroes
of the East African Campaign