Signalling class, probably new recruits, 2nd King’s African Rifles, 1917 (c).  The soldiers stand in a line holding flags - the tents of a camp can be seen behind them.

The 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion fought in German East Africa alongside many other battalions of the King’s African Rifles. During the war theafr 22 battalions of the regiment suffered 5,117 men killed and wounded with another 3,039 dying from diseases.

One of 27 photographs collected by Maj William Dickinson, relating to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, King’s African Rifles, 1914-17 (c).
Associated with World War One, East Africa (1914-1918).