Kenya Regiment | |
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Active | 1937–1939 1950–1963 |
Country | Kenya Colony Uganda Protectorate |
Allegiance | British Empire |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Colours | Brown, red and green |
Engagements | Mau Mau Uprising |
The Kenya Regiment was a unit of the British Army recruited primarily among white settlers in Kenya and to a lesser extent Uganda. Formed in 1937, it was disbanded at the oubreak of World War II in 1939.[citation needed] It was reformed in 1950 and participated in the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising (1952–56). It was finally disbanded on Kenyan independence in May 1963.