Foreword by Major-General Sir Alfred H. M. Edwards
First edition: 132 pages, folding map as frontispiece, 4 sketch maps, uncut edges, original blue cloth boards titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, which has faded, light foxing, the boards are marked and worn and the spine is starting to split along the edges, a good copy.
Roll of the members of the 2nd Rhodesian Regiment who served in German East Africa pages 103 – 132.
The Rhodesia Regiment (RR) was one of the oldest and largest regiments in the Rhodesian Army. It served on the side of the United Kingdom in the Second Boer War and the First and Second World Wars and served the Republic of Rhodesia in the Rhodesian Bush War.
In the First World War the 1st Rhodesia Regiment was formed in October 1914 initially consisting of 20 officers and 500 soldiers.[It was sent to the Cape where it took part in the South West Africa Campaign under General Louis Botha whilst a 2nd Rhodesia Regiment was formed in November and was sent to British East Africa. The 1st was disbanded in July 1915 with many men joining the 2nd Regiment that also included thirty African scouts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia_Regiment
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