What does KAR stand for?

King's African Rifles

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Wilson later served in North Africa as adjutant of the Long Range Desert Group, a motorized force that harassed Italian positions; he later served in Burma as second-in-command of the 11th King's African Rifles.

UK vet dies 68 years after "posthumous" honor

He also served on attachment in the UK with the Territorial Army and in East Africa with the King's African Rifles.

The story of being a soldier; SCOTS OFFICER'S BRAVERY GOES UNREWARDED ...

It has, however, been markedly compromised, in comparison with Parsons' excellent social history of the King's African Rifles (1), by his effort to appeal to a variety of readers.

Race, Resistance, and the Boy Scout Movement in British Colonial ...

Amin, who served in the British Colonial King's African Rifles and saw action in the Second World War in Burma, was a well-regarded officer at the time of Uganda's independence from Britain in 1962.

AMIN A COMA; Dictator who slaughtered thousands lies near death

Karumbo, who volunteered for the King's African Rifles in 1941 and served in Ethiopia, Ceylon, India and Burma before being mustered out in 1946, says he has received nothing from Kenya or Britain.

After many years, help arrives for Africa's veterans Former British ...