The Kenya Regiment was formed in 1937 and disbanded in May 1963.

Volunteers were recalled in about 1950, with European settlers making up the main force. At the end of 1950 a call-up of eighteen-year-olds was introduced as the Mau Mau uprising

Mau Mau Uprising

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 was beginning. The first recruits were sent to Salisbury, now Harare

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, in Southern Rhodesia

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, now Zimbabwe

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, for basic military training and then on to operational units. Later, training was conducted at Sgt Leakey V.C. Barracks (Kenya Regiment Training Centre) at Lanet, near Nakuru

Nakuru

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, Kenya

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.

The Kenya Regiment then operated as a part of combined operations, which included British Regiments, King's African Rifles

King's African Rifles

The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from the various British possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. It performed both military and internal security functions within the East African colonies as well as external service as...

, Kenya Police

Kenya Police

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 and Kenya Police Reserve

Kenya Police Reserve

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, and the Royal Air Force

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. Apart from the Kenya Regiment operating in its own right, it also seconded officers to the King's African Rifles and as District Officers in the Kenya Administration.