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From 1927 the administration of the King’s African Rifles, together with that of the Royal West Africa Frontier Force (previously The Niger and West Africa Frontier Force, known from 1900-1918 as the West Africa Frontier Force) was brought together in a new Military Branch within the Colonial Office. In September 1931 the appointments of inspector generals for the KAR and RWAFF were combined into one post; the Inspector General of African Colonial Forces.
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*Officers will generally be mentioned in the ''London Gazette'', and British ''Army List''s. It appears they are more likely to be mentioned in the official War Office publications ''Quarterly'' and ''Monthly Army List''s, including monthly or listed with more detail, compared with the commercial ''Army ListsList'' during the [[First World War]]s. For more details of these publications, see [[British Army#Records|British Army - Records]].
*A researcher found an officer of the Uganda Rifles 1901-2 mentioned in [[The National Archives]] record "Africa: Protectorate staff lists (East Africa, Uganda, Somali Coast, Central Africa, King's African Rifles), 1896-1905 FO 403/556"<ref>LeoHickman. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12425#p66474 2nd Lt John Simeon WARD - Uganda Rifles (1899-1903)] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 5 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018</ref>
*Catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4724 CO 534 Colonial Office: King's African Rifles Original Correspondence] TNA. This series contains original correspondence relating to the King's African Rifles 1905-1926,
