Guerrillas of Tsavo
Exploring & Commemorating the East African Campaign
of the First World War in Taita Taveta County - Kenya
East African Campaign Memorials
ARAB RIFLES MEMORIAL
Mombasa, Kenya
AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
Nairobi, Kenya
The African combatant troops raised for the East African campaign numbered 34,000. The non-combatant porters, stevedores and followers of the Military Labour Corps 600,000. Almost 50,000 of these men were lost, killed in action died of sickness or wounds, but as no complete record of their names exists, no names appear on the memorials.
AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
The African combatant troops raised for the East African campaign numbered 34,000. The non-combatant porters, stevedores and followers of the Military Labour Corps 600,000. Almost 50,000 of these men were lost, killed in action died of sickness or wounds, but as no complete record of their names exists, no names appear on the memorials.
AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING
Mombasa, Kenya
The African combatant troops raised for the East African campaign numbered 34,000. The non-combatant porters, stevedores and followers of the Military Labour Corps 600,000. Almost 50,000 of these men were lost, killed in action died of sickness or wounds, but as no complete record of their names exists, no names appear on the memorials.
Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission