Her son joined the King's African Rifles in 1946 as an assistant cook.

At the start of the war he had taken up his old rank of captain and was now a major in the King's African Rifles.

But he is keen to join the King's African Rifles and go off and fight.

The West African Rifles, now supported by French forces from the east took positions on the river's southern bank.

On 13 October 1916, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the King's African Rifles.

He served in the King's African Rifles during the second world war.

In the 1920 campaign, the airmen were assisted by a small camel force and about 800 men of the King's African Rifles.

He transferred into a unit of the King's African Rifles.

Platt raised seventeen new battalions of the King's African Rifles.

The medal is never seen without a clasp and some are very rare, most being granted to local forces like the King's African Rifles.