Nigeria Regiment

Nigeria Regiment
Troops of the Nigeria Regiment, 3rd West African Brigade (Thunder), board an RAF Dakota for Operation Thursday.
Active1 January 1914–1956
Country Nigeria
Allegiance British Empire
Branch British Colonial Auxiliary Forces
TypeLine infantry
RoleLight infantry
SizeFive battalions
Part ofRoyal West African Frontier Force
Garrison/HQLagos
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefElizabeth II

The Nigeria Regiment was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit of the Royal West African Frontier Force was formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Regiment and the Southern Nigeria Regiment on 1 January 1914.