1945 Order of Precedence of the British Army

The British Colonial Auxiliary Forces referred to the various military units of Britain's colonial empire which were not considered part of the

British military The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, su ...

proper. Though the first colonial units established in the British Empire were militia formations in Britain's American colonies, by the Victorian era these units were modelled after the regular armed forces of Britain and consisted of professional soldiers. They supplied a reserve force either to be called up in war time to reinforce regular British Army garrisons for home defence, or in some cases were entirely responsible for home defence. Many units, however, took part in active campaigns outside of the role of home defence in various conflicts the British Empire was involved in, including the two world wars. Some of the reserve colonial units, especially in the strategically-important imperial fortress colonies (consisting of Halifax, Gibraltar, Bermuda and Malta), were funded by the War Department out of Army Funds and considered part of the British Army (by example, the

Bermuda Militia Artillery The Bermuda Militia Artillery was a unit of part-time soldiers organised in 1895 as a reserve for the Royal Garrison Artillery detachment of the Regular Army garrison in Bermuda. Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies were int ...

was grouped with the Royal Artillery and the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers with the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

in the official Army Lists, which also listed the

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison. Renamed the ''Bermuda Rifles'' in 1951, it was amalgamated into the Bermuda Regiment in 1965. Formation A ...

and

Bermuda Militia Infantry The Bermuda Militia Infantry was raised in 1939 as a part-time reserve of the British Army's Bermuda Garrison. History The Bermuda Garrison The Parliament of Bermuda had authorised three part-time reserve units in 1892 to re-inforce the regul ...

officers as part of the British Army, whereas most colonial units were listed separately or did not appear at all), whereas others that did not receive Army Funds were considered auxiliaries (British military units, but not part of the British Army). This had originally been true of various other military forces in the United Kingdom before the mid-Nineteenth Century, following which the

Board of Ordnance The Board of Ordnance was a British government body. Established in the Tudor period, it had its headquarters in the Tower of London. Its primary responsibilities were 'to act as custodian of the lands, depots and forts required for the defence ...

was abolished and its military corps (the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and Royal Sappers and Miners) and previously-civilian Commissariat, stores and transport departments were all absorbed by the British Army and the Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces were more closely integrated with the British Army through a succession of military reforms. Many colonial units started out as auxiliaries and later became regular units and forerunners to the current militaries of those colonies which have become politically independent. While most of the units listed here were army units, colonial marines were raised at various times, as were colonial naval and air force reserve units. Today, only four

British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

regiments remain (not including cadet corps): the Royal Bermuda Regiment; the

Royal Gibraltar Regiment The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is part of British Forces Gibraltar for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It was formed in 1958 from the Gibraltar Defence Force as an infantry unit, with an integrated artillery troop. The regiment is ...

; the

Falkland Islands Defence Force The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defence unit in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The FIDF works alongside the military units supplied by the United Kingdom to ensure the security ...

; and the

Royal Montserrat Defence Force The Royal Montserrat Defence Force is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. History Raised in 1899, the unit is today a reduced force of about forty volunteer soldiers, primarily concerned with civil Defence and ...

. The British Government is currently (2020) working with the local governments of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...

to raise reserve military units in those territories, also, with recruitment for the new

Cayman Islands Regiment The Cayman Islands Regiment is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands. It is a single territorial infantry and engineer battalion of the British Armed Forces that was formed in 2020. History 2019 On 12 ...

starting in January, 2020.

List of Colonial Auxiliary Forces

Aden

Aden Protectorate Levies The Aden Protectorate Levies (APL) were an Arab military force raised for the local defence of the Aden Protectorate under British rule. The Levies were drawn from all parts of the Protectorate and were armed and officered by the British militar ...

Africa

* King's African Rifles garrisoned the East African colonies of Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda and

British Somaliland British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate ( so, Dhulka Maxmiyada Soomaalida ee Biritishka), was a British Empire, British protectorate in present-day Somaliland. During its existence, the territory was bordered by Italian Soma ...

. * Royal West African Frontier Force garrisoned the West African colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia.

America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

* Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars * Corps of Colonial Marines *

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(1780-1783) * American Volunteers (1779-1780) * Armed Boat Company (1781-1783) *

Black Company of Pioneers The Black Company of Pioneers, also known as the Black Pioneers and Clinton's Black Pioneers, were a British Provincial military unit raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. The Black Loyalist company was raised by Gener ...

(also, known as the Black Pioneers, later merged into the Guides and Pioneers in 1778), ( pioneers, another name for military construction engineers) (1777-1778) *

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(placed on American establishment in 1781 as 5th American Regiment) (1777-1778) *

Bucks County Dragoons The Bucks County Dragoons, also known as the Bucks County Light Dragoons, were an American Loyalist (American Revolution) unit during the American Revolutionary War. They were raised in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, in February, 1778 an ...

(absorbed by

in 1780) (1778-1780) * Butler's Rangers (1777-1784) *

Caledonian Volunteers The British Legion was an elite British provincial regiment established during the American Revolutionary War, composed of Loyalist American troops, organized as infantry and cavalry, plus a detachment from the 16th Light Dragoons. The unit was ...

(formed part of the

in 1778) (1777-1778) * Campbell's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) *

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(1777-1783) * Claus' Rangers (1775-1783) * Collett's Independent Company (1777) * De Lancey's Brigade (1776-1783) * Detroit Volunteers (claimed descent from Roger's Rangers, later became

1st Battalion 119th Field Artillery The 119th Field Artillery Regiment (119th FA), nicknamed the "Red Lions", is a Parent Field Artillery Regiment of the United States Army Regimental System (USARS) in the Michigan Army National Guard. The headquarters of the 119th Field Artille ...

Regiment, Michigan National Guard) (1778-1783) * Diemar's Troop of Black Hussars (also, known as Diemar's Hussars and Black Hussars,

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s, (

light cavalry Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was primarily rai ...

) (1779-1781) * Duke of Cumberland's Regiment (1781-1783) *

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(1776-1777) * Emmerich's Chasseurs ( chasseurs /

) (1777-1779) * Fenwick's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) * Forshner's Independent Company (1780-1781) * Georgia Light Dragoons (there was also, a Local Volunteer Corps unit, of the same name) (1779-1781) *

Georgia Loyalists The Georgia Loyalists were a British provincial military unit, raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. They were raised in August 1779 to provide a permanent garrison for the city of Savannah, with enlisted men contracte ...

(1779-1782) *

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(1777-1781) *

Guides and Pioneers A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom. Travel and recreation Exp ...

(absorbed the

in 1778) (1778-1783) * Harkimer's Batteau Company (1780-1783) * Hierlihy's Corps *

James Island Light Dragoons James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

* King's American Dragoons * King's American Regiment (placed on American establishment, in 1781, as 4th American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1776-1783) * King's Rangers * King's (Carolina) Rangers * King's Orange Rangers * King's Royal Regiment of New York * Kinloch's Light Dragoons (formed part of the

in 1778) * Locke's Independent Company * Loyal American Rangers (1780-1783) * Loyal American Regiment *

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* Loyal New Englanders *

Loyal Rangers The Loyal Rangers, or Jessup's Loyal Rangers, was a volunteer regiment of Loyalists in the American Revolution established in 1781 by the amalgamation of several smaller units, including the King's Loyal Americans. They were commanded by Major Edw ...

* Loyal Rhode Islanders * Maryland Loyalists Battalion *

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(also, known as McAlpin's Corps of Royalists, absorbed the American Volunteers, King’s Loyal Americans, Queen’s Loyal Rangers, and Adams' Rangers) * Nassau Blues * Newfoundland Regiment (placed on British establishment in 1782) * New Hampshire Volunteers *

New Jersey Volunteers (Skinner's Greens) The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, ...

* Newport Artillery Company (Rhode Island) 1741 * New York Volunteers (placed on American establishment, as 3rd American Regiment in 1779) * North Carolina Highlanders *

North Carolina Independent Company North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''no ...

* North Carolina Independent Dragoons *

Pennsylvania Loyalists Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Philadelphia Light Dragoons Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1 ...

(formed part of the

in 1778) * Prince of Wales's American Volunteers *

Provincial Light Infantry Provincial may refer to: Government & Administration * Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country * Provincial city (disambiguation) * Provincial minister (disambiguation) * Provincial Secretary, a position in Ca ...

* Queen's Rangers (placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 1st American Regiment, descended from Roger's Rangers) * Roman Catholic Volunteers (1777-1778) * Royal American Reformers *

Royal Fencible Americans The Royal Fencible American Regiment of Foot (or RFA) was a Loyalist battalion of infantry raised in 1775 to defend British interests in the colony of Nova Scotia. The RFA was commanded by Lt. Col. Joseph Goreham throughout its existence. The most ...

Royal Garrison Battalion Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

(placed on British establishment in 178 *

Royal Georgia Volunteers Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a ci ...

Royal Highland Emigrants The 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) was a British regiment in the American Revolutionary War that was raised to defend present day Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada from the constant land and sea attacks by American Revolutiona ...

(placed on British establishment in 1779 as 84th Foot) * Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment * Saint John's Volunteers * Starkloff's Dragoons ( South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) * South Carolina Rangers *

South Carolina Royalists South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

Stewart's Troop of Light Dragoons Stewart's or Stewarts can refer to: *Stewart's Fountain Classics, brand of soft drink ** Stewart's Restaurants, chain of restaurants where the soft drink was originally sold *Stewart's wilt, bacterial disease affecting maize *Stewart's (department ...

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Volunteers of Ireland The Volunteers of Ireland, also known as the 2nd American Regiment and the 105th Regiment of Foot, was a British Provincial military unit, raised for Loyalist service, during the American Revolutionary War, which was later added to the British ...

(absorbed the Roman Catholic Volunteers and New Jersey Volunteers and placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 2nd American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1778-1782) *

Volunteers of New England Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others se ...

West Florida Royal Foresters West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

West Jersey Volunteers West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Barbados

* Barbados Volunteer Force

Bermuda

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(1894–1965) *

(1895–1965) * Bermuda Volunteer Engineers (1931-1946) *

(1939-1946) * Bermuda Home Guard * Bermuda Regiment (1965–Present) * Bermuda Cadet Corps (19th Century-2013) * Air Training Corps *

Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps The Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps was created as a registered charity under the ''Bermuda Sea Cadet Association Act, 1968''. The first unit had actually been created two years earlier. History Despite Bermuda's historical maritime economy, and its lon ...

(1968–Present)

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

* British Guiana Volunteer Force (BGVF)

British Honduras

* The Prince Regent's Royal Militia (1817-1866) * The Belize Volunteer Force (1866-1868) * The Belize Volunteer Corps (1868-1883) * The Belize Light Infantry Volunteer Force (1897-1905) * British Honduras Volunteers (1905-1916) * British Honduras Territorial Force (1916-1928) * British Honduras Defense Force (1928-1944) * British Honduras Home Guard (1942-1943) * British Honduras Volunteer Guard (1943-1973) * Belize Volunteer Guard (1973-1977)

Burma

*Burma Royal Navy Volunteer ReserveThe Burma Navy under the SLORC.
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Canada

* Provincial Marine

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* Ceylon Volunteers (1881–1910) * Ceylon Defence Force (1910–1948) *

Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was the volunteer naval reserve of the British Crown colony of Ceylon from 1938 to 1950. Established as the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) on 1 January 1938 under the Naval Volunteer Ordinance, No, l of ...

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

* Dominica Defence Force

Falkland Islands

(1892–Present)

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

* Fiji Defence Force

Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ...

Gold Coast

Gold Coast Constabulary The Ghana Regiment is an infantry regiment that forms the main fighting element of the Ghana Army, Ghanaian Army (GA). History The regiment was formed in 1879 as the Gold Coast Constabulary, from personnel of the Hausa Constabulary of Southern Nig ...

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

Grenada Defence Force Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pet ...

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

High Commission Territories

African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps The African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps (AAPC) was a unit of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces recruited among Africans from the High Commission Territories (HCT). It was established in July 1941, after the paramount chiefs of the HCT managed t ...

(1941-1946)

Hong Kong

* Royal Hong Kong Regiment (1854–1997)

India

;Cavalry *The Allahabad Light Horse *

The Assam Valley Light Horse The Assam Valley Light Horse regiment was raised in 1891 and formed part of Indian Volunteer Force, later the Indian Defence Force and finally the Auxiliary Force (India). The regimental headquarters was at Dibrugarh in Assam. It was recruit ...

The Bihar Light Horse The Bihar Light Horse was a mounted infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised on 8 December 1862 as the Soubah Behar Mounted Rifles Volunteer Corps by Indigo dye, indigo planters of the Tirhut division, Tirhoot and Chhapra, Chapra ...

The Bombay Light Horse The Bombay Light Horse was raised in 1885 and formed part of Indian Volunteer Force, later (post 1917) the Indian Defence Force and finally (post 1920) the Auxiliary Force (India). A light horse regiment was roughly equivalent to half a battalio ...

The Calcutta Light Horse The Calcutta Light Horse was raised in 1872 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947. Operation Creek On reserve since the Boer War, they are most not ...

*The Cawnpore Light Horse *The Ghazipur Light Horse *The Gorakhpur Light Horse *The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles *The Oudh Light Horse *

The Punjab Light Horse The Punjab Light Horse was raised in 1867 and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. The regimental headquarters was at Lahore, in Punjab. The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947 and the division ...

*The Surma Valley Light Horse ;Infantry *The Agra Volunteer Rifle Corps *The Allahabad Rifles *The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion *The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps *The Bangalore Contingent *The Bengal and North West Railway Battalion *The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion *The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment *The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps *The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion *The Calcutta Presidency Battalion *The Cawnpore Rifles *

The Chota Nagpur Regiment The Chota Nagpur Regiment was raised in 1891 as the Chota Nagpore Mounted Rifles and formed part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army. It was renamed the Chota Nagpur Light Cavalry in 1910 then the Chota Nagpur Regiment in 1917. The r ...

*The Coorg and Mysore Company *The Coorg and Mysore Rifles *The Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles *The East Coast Battalion *The East Indian Railway Regiment *The Eastern Bengal Company *The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion *The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment *The Hyderabad Rifles *The Kolar Goldfields Battalion *The Lucknow Volunteer Rifle Corps *The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles *The Madras Guards *The

Malabar Volunteer Rifles The Malabar Volunteer Rifles was formed in India on 14 August 1885 from the Calicut and Tellicherry Volunteer Corps. It was amalgamated as the 29th Nilgiri Malabar Battalion The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion (NMB) was an Auxiliary Force (India) of the ...

*The Malwah Bheel Corps *Meywa Bheel Corps *The Midlands Volunteer Rifle Corps *The Moulmein Volunteer Rifle Corps *The Mussourie Battalion *The Nagpur Rifles *The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles *The

Nilgiri Malabar Battalion The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion (NMB) was an Auxiliary Force (India) of the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces of the British Indian Army, composed of Eurasians/Anglo-Indians. Enrollment in the Auxiliary Force was open to all European British subject ...

*The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles *The North West Railway Battalion *The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion *The Poona Rifles *The Shillong Volunteer Rifles *The Simla Rifles *The South Andaman Volunteer Rifles Corps *The South Indian Railway Battalion *The Yercaud Volunteer Rifle Corps

Iraq

* Iraq Levies

Jamaica

Jamaica Militia Artillery The Militia of the British Dominions, Self-Governing Colonies, and Crown Colonies were the principal military forces of the Dominions, Self-governing colonies (those with elected local legislatures) and Crown Colonies (those without elected local l ...

Jamaica Engineer Corps Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispanio ...

* Kingston (later Jamaica) Infantry Volunteers * Jamaica Home Guard * consolidated postwar to form: * Jamaica Defence Force

Jersey

Kenya

* Kenya Regiment

Leeward Island

* Leewards Islands Battalion (1943-1945) * Leewards Home Guard

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

*Malay States Volunteer Rifles (1915–1936) *Malayan Naval Volunteer Reserve

Malta

* King's Own Malta Regiment

Mauritius

* Mauritius Territorial Force * Mauritius Defence Force * Mauritius Regiment

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

New Zealand

Waikato Mounted Rifles The Waikato Mounted Rifles (WMR) is the New Zealand Army's only Territorial Force (Army Reserve) squadron of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC). The Squadron's origins can be traced back to 1869 when the first mounted unit was raised ...

* Hauraki Regiment

Nigeria

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
/ Nyasaland

* British South Africa Police *

Northern Rhodesia Police The Northern Rhodesia Police was the police force of the British-ruled protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). History In 1889 Northern Rhodesia, bounded by Angola (Portuguese West Africa), the Belgian Congo, German East Africa, British Ce ...

* Nyasaland Police * Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve * Royal Rhodesia Regiment * Northern Rhodesia Regiment * Rhodesian Native Regiment * 1st (Nyasaland) Battalion King’s African Rifles * 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion King’s African Rifles * 22nd (Nyasaland) Battalion King’s African Rifles * Southern Rhodesian Reconnaissance Regiment * ’C’ Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment * Rhodesian Light Infantry

St Christopher Nevis

* Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force

Singapore

* Singapore Volunteer Corps *Singapore Naval Volunteer Force

St Lucia

* St. Lucia Volunteer Corps

St Vincent

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Sudan Defence Force The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a locally recruited British-led force formed in 1925 to assist the police in the event of civil unrest, and to maintain the borders of British administered Sudan. During the Second World War, it also served bey ...

Trinidad/Tobago

* Trinidad Volunteers (expanded during WWII to form:) * Trinidad Regiment * Trinidad Volunteer Artillery * Trinidad Home Guard

Uganda

* Uganda Volunteer Reserve

West Indies

* West India Regiment

Zanzibar

* Zanzibar Volunteer Defence Force

Medals

* Efficiency Decoration * Efficiency Medal * Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration *

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1899 as a military long service award for part-time members of all ranks in any of the organized military forces of the British Colonies, Dependencies and Prote ...

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