Nigeria Regiment | |
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![]() Troops of the Nigeria Regiment, 3rd West African Brigade (Thunder), board an RAF Dakota for Operation Thursday. | |
Active | 1 January 1914–1956 |
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Type | Line infantry |
Role | Light infantry |
Size | Five battalions |
Part of | Royal West African Frontier Force |
Garrison/HQ | Lagos |
Commanders | |
Colonel-in-Chief | Elizabeth II |
The Nigeria Regiment was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit of the Royal West African Frontier Force was formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Regiment and the Southern Nigeria Regiment on 1 January 1914.