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* The British Library holds the book ''The Swift Directory of British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar ...'' [1915] published Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co. UIN: BLL01000944752 . There is reference elsewhere to a 1912 edition. It is possible this book may be similar in format to ''Thacker's Indian Directory''.
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*Service records, should they still exist, would be found in African archives. Researchers have found emails to such archives have not been answered. For practical purposes, any potential service records appear unaccessable, unless perhaps you are personally able to visit the relevant African country. There is no information known about holdings, but any records which survive are likely to relate to later, rather than earlier periods.
*For missing or POW soldiers, see the relevant section on the page [[British Army]], including [[British Army#WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing|British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing]]
===Regimental histories===
*[https://gweaa.com/th-battalion-of-th-regiment-uganda-of-kings-african-rifles-great-war/ "The 4th Battalion of the 4th Regiment (Uganda) of the Kings African Rifles in the Great War"] by Harry Fecitt March 21, 2011. gweaa.com. 4th Regiment, recruited from Uganda, started the Great War with only one battalion. By the end of the war the 4th Regiment had six battalions. 4/4 KAR was initially based at Mbagathi, outside Nairobi in British East Africa (now Kenya). This was a massive depot where recruit training was centralised for all the KAR regiments except the 1st. 1 KAR continued to use its bases in Nyasaland (now Malawi).
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/25779137?seq=1 ""The Polish White Infusion": Polish Officers In Britain's Royal West African Frontier Force, 1941-1945"] by Michael S. Healy ''The Polish Review'' Vol. 44, No. 3 (1999), pp. 277-293 jstor.org. Register with jstor.org and read online for free, (limits apply) see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
==Records, other than military==*The British Library holds the book ''The Swift Directory of British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar ...'' [1915] published Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co. UIN: BLL01000944752 . There is reference elsewhere also to a 1912 title ''Directory of British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar'', possibly fro a different publisher, although the BL does not appear to hold it. It is possible this title may be similar in format to ''Thacker's Indian Directory''. Also details, as catalogued, [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Red_Book.html?id=oBAOAQAAMAAJ ''"The Red Book,": The Directory of East Africa, Uganda & Zanzibar''] possibly available to those in North America etc. Google Books. Actual title, from thumbnail of cover appears to be ''The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate'', which is available at the Libraries of the University of Cambridge, which also holds a title ''The Red book : the "Standard" British East Africa & Uganda handbook and directory'' compiled by the "East African Standard" c 1919-1920. There is a similar book for [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JBYOAQAAMAAJ 1909] Snippet Google Books, possibly available full view in USA etc. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008568583 HathiTrust Digital Library].*For doctors, there are entries for ''British East Africa Protectorate'' and ''Africa Protectorates'' (varies according to date) in editions of ''The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon ...'' Compiled by the editorial staff of the Practical Medicine, published at Delhi. There are known editions for 1908, 1910 and 1924 available at libraries in London. See [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers|Doctor - Lists of medical officers - Other lists]] for details.
==External links==
*FamilySearch, a free website provided by the LDS (Mormon) Church has a category [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?fcs=region%3AAFRICA&ec=region%3AAFRICA Africa], mainly consisting of transcribed records. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Map], click on Africa, then select relevant country. It is necessary to be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view any records. In addition, [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Catalog] for digitised microfilms relating to Africa, ensuring you are signed in to FS, as results can differ if you are not. Countries are catalogued according to their modern name. For more about digitised microfilms, see [[FamilySearch]] and [[FamilySearch Centres]].
