1943, fighting at Gondar in October and November 1941. 22nd (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (rejoined 27 July 1941 left 22 December 1941) 1/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles 5th Battalion, King's African Rifles 1/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles 24th (Gold Coast) Infantry Brigade (left 11 October 1941) 1st Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment 3rd Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment 25th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (from 7 April to 13 July 1941: from 19 September 1941 to 12 March 1942) 2/3rd Battalion, King's African Rifles 2/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles 3/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles (from 18 June) 6th (Uganda) Field Ambulance 26th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (from 20 October 1941 to 18 December 1942) 2/2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles 4/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles 3/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles 28th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (from 8 March 1942) 4/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles 2/1st Battalion, King's African Rifles 7th Battalion, King's African Rifles 28th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade Group Company East African Army Service Corps (from 1 January 1942) 8th (East Africa) Field Ambulance (from 18 march 1943) 29th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (from 21 January 1943) 2/4th Battalion, King's African Rifles 5/6th Battalion, King's African Rifles 5th Battalion Northern Rhodesia Regiment 29th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade Group Company East African Army Service Corps Artillery 51st (Gold Coast) Light Battery, West African Artillery (left 6 December 1941) 53rd (East Africa )Light Battery, East African Artillery (from 7 April to 13 July 1941; from 13 August to 7 December 1941) 22nd Indian Mountain Battery (from 27 July to 5 December 1941) 18th Indian Mountain Battery (from 27 July to 11 August 1941; from 9 October to 5 December 1941) Engineers 52nd (Gold Coast) Field Company, West African Engineers (left 11 October 1941) 54th (East Africa) Field Company, East African Engineers (from 27 July 1941) 53rd (Gold Coast) Field Company, West African Engineers (from 7 April to 6 December 1941) Division troops 12th (African) Division Signals (left 21 February 1943) Commanding officers Major-General Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen 1940–1941 Major-General Charles Christopher Fowkes 1941–1943 See also East African Campaign (World War II) 1st (African) Division (United Kingdom) Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II) Nigel Gray Leakey References External links British Military History - East Africa 1940 - 47 02 02 02 02 02 Military units and formations established in 1940 Military units and formations disestablished in 1941