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The 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces during World War II. It was formed in 1940 from battalions of the Royal West African Frontier Force and served in the East African and Burma campaigns .
0–9. 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade; 1st Indian Infantry Brigade; 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade; 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade
The 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, together with 2 East African brigades (KAR brigades) and some South Africans, formed 11th African Division. The 12th African Division had a similar formation with a Ghanaian brigade taking the place of a Nigerian brigade.
The division was formed from the 1st (West African) Infantry Brigade and 2nd (West African) Infantry Brigade, both of which had taken part in the East African Campaign in 1940 and 1941, and the new 4th (Nigerian) Infantry Brigade. The Division's headquarters was created on 1 August 1943.
2nd (African) The brigade was formed when the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was redesignated. For a short period during June 1940, the brigade was known as the 3rd (Nigeria) Infantry Brigade. It was redesignated as the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade on 4 September 1941. [28] 24th (Gold Coast) Infantry Brigade: 18 October 1940: 1 ...
In 1940, the 1st (West Africa) Brigade was the first Nigerian unit to be deployed against the Axis Powers in Kenya. A total of 9,000 West African soldiers fought alongside regiments from the Gold Coast (present day Ghana), and the other British colonial possessions in West Africa. At this stage in the war, Nigeria's troop contributions were ...
By July, under the terms of a war contingency plan, the 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, from the Gold Coast and the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade from Nigeria, were provided for service in Kenya by the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). The 1st (West African) Brigade, the two KAR brigades and some South African units, formed ...
The West African Frontier Force first saw action during the occupation of the German Kamerun (now Cameroon and part of present-day Nigeria).The experience gained in this campaign during 1914–16, in difficult terrain against stubborn resistance, made the WAFF a valuable reinforcement to the British Empire forces operating against the German Schutztruppe (colonial troops) in East Africa led by ...