Photograph captioned ‘Sudi Provost Sergt’ and showing the Sergeant, possibly 2nd Battalion, King’s African Rifles, standing in uniform in front of trees and a field, 1916-17 (c). 

A provost sergeant is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the regimental provost staff (or regimental police) and is responsible to the regimental sergeant major for the maintenance of good order and military discipline in a regiment or battalion.

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).