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In 1959, the Gold Coast Military Forces, including the Gold Coast Regiment, were withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force. With the country's change of name to Ghana, the regiment was renamed the Ghana Regiment. [1]
The Ghana Army is the principal land warfare force of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire , the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army.
Following the Gold Coast becoming the independent country Ghana in March 1957, all of the Gold Coast Military Forces, including the Gold Coast Regiment, were withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1959. With the country's change of name to Ghana, the regiment was renamed as the Ghana Regiment. [a]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state military organisation of Ghana, consisting of the Army (GA), Navy (GN), and Ghana Air Force. [ 3 ] The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces is the president of Ghana , who is also the supreme military commander of the Border Guard Unit (BGU).
Pages in category "1959 establishments in Ghana" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
40 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Regiment; 43rd Military Police Brigade (United States) 48th (South Midland) Signal Regiment; 57 Mixed Signal Regiment; 62 (Cinque Ports) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals; 82nd Cavalry Regiment; 83 Signal Regiment; 87 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals; 92nd Signal Regiment (United Kingdom) 98th Cavalry ...
Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu (5 March 1960 [1] ― 24 January 2022; [2] née Edjeani) was the first female brigadier general of the Ghana Armed Forces and, posthumously, the first female major general. She was deployed to several United Nations peacekeeping missions, including missions in Lebanon, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the ...
The Ghana Army was formed after World War II out of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force. The officer corps then was entirely European. It was modeled on the British Army. At independence in 1957, the highest ranking Ghanaian officer was a major. [5]