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King's African Rifles

British regiment raised in East Africa from 1902 to 1960s
Organization infantry_regiment Q1742184
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King's African Rifles

Summary

King's African Rifles is an infantry regiment[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of infantry_regiment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King's African Rifles is in the country of East Africa Protectorate[3].
  • King's African Rifles's image is recorded as KAR Kenya.jpg[4].
  • King's African Rifles's instance of is recorded as infantry regiment[5].
  • King's African Rifles's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130369885[6].
  • King's African Rifles's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n99022883[7].
  • King's African Rifles's Commons category is recorded as King's African Rifles[8].
  • +1902-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of King's African Rifles[9].
  • King's African Rifles's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[10].
  • King's African Rifles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yqh6[11].
  • King's African Rifles's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as olak2010488656[12].
  • King's African Rifles's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007604186105171[13].
  • King's African Rifles's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/0ef1e476-1561-4050-bb4e-fecf42418b38[14].

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Founding

+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of King's African Rifles[9].

Why It Matters

King's African Rifles ranks in the top 3% of infantry_regiment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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