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The Uganda Volunteer Reserve (also referred to as the UVR or Uganda VR) [1] was a military unit of the Uganda Protectorate.The UVR was established in March 1903 with support from the British government's Colonial Defence Committee (CDC).
The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve (NVR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the British protectorate of Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi).The British Central Africa Volunteer Reserve was formally established by the colonial government in 1901 and was renamed when the protectorate became Nyasaland in 1907.
Colonial protectors frequently decided to reshuffle several protectorates into a new, artificial unit without consulting the protectorates, without being mindful of the theoretical duty of a protector to help maintain a protectorate's status and integrity.
By 1945, in the wake of a major colonial role in the Second World War, nationalists in the Gold Coast stood up to demand more autonomy, [27] sharing power with Britain from 1951 to 1955. By 1956, British Togoland, the Northern Territories protectorate and the Ashanti protectorate were annexed to the Gold Coast. [28]
The following divisions from British Crown Colonies served in World War II: . Divisions of the British Army. 1st African Division; 2nd African Division; 11th African Division; 12th African Division
Early on in the Protectorate's history of occupation the British colonial government had recognised the need for a local defence force. [5] In 1895 the British colonial armed force in the Protectorate was the Uganda Rifles, who were formed as an internal security force (i.e. keeping the peace in tribal areas rather than defending against ...
This category is for military units and formations of the British Empire beyond the United Kingdom (although some may be incorporated in the British Army, Royal Navy or Royal Air Force). It includes forces of British Colonies and Protectorates (at date of establishment), but not Dominions. There is a separate category for British India.
Category: Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa. ... Colonial Nigeria (22 C, 25 P) North-Eastern Rhodesia (3 C, 5 P) Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1 C ...