Southern Rhodesia in World War I | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-15

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00:04:53 1 Background
00:08:08 2 Outbreak of war
00:08:18 2.1 Announcement and reception
00:11:15 2.2 Rhodesian Reserves
00:13:38 3 Europe
00:13:47 3.1 Western Front
00:27:30 3.2 Salonika
00:28:18 3.3 Aviators
00:33:21 4 Southern Africa
00:33:32 4.1 Maritz Rebellion; formation of 1st Rhodesia Regiment
00:36:47 4.2 1st Rhodesia Regiment in South-West Africa
00:41:16 5 East Africa
00:42:49 5.1 2nd Rhodesia Regiment
00:49:06 5.2 Rhodesia Native Regiment
01:06:51 6 Home front
01:07:01 6.1 Home service and conscription debate
01:11:09 6.2 Economic impact
01:14:36 6.3 Propaganda and public opinion
01:23:51 6.4 Women
01:27:35 6.5 Donations and funds
01:32:41 6.6 Flu pandemic
01:34:20 7 End of the war, aftermath and statistics
01:38:16 8 Legacy
01:45:34 9 Notes and references



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When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany at the start of World War I in August 1914, settler society in Southern Rhodesia, then administered by the British South Africa Company, received the news with great patriotic enthusiasm. The Company administrator, Sir William Milton, wired the UK government, "All Rhodesia ... ready to do its duty". Although it supported Britain, the Company was concerned about the possible financial implications for its chartered territory should it make direct commitments to the war effort, particularly at first, so most of the colony's contribution to the war was made by Southern Rhodesians individually—not only those who volunteered to fight abroad, but also those who remained at home and raised funds to donate food, equipment and other supplies.
Starting immediately after the outbreak of war, parties of white Southern Rhodesians paid their own way to England to join the British Army. Most Southern Rhodesians who served in the war enlisted in this way and fought on the Western Front, taking part in many of the major battles with an assortment of British, South African and other colonial units, most commonly the King's Royal Rifle Corps, which recruited hundreds of men from the colony, and created homogenous Rhodesian platoons. Troopers from Southern Rhodesia became renowned on the Western Front for their marksmanship, a result of their frontier lifestyle. Some of the colony's men served in the Royal Flying Corps, one of the two predecessors of the Royal Air Force. The Rhodesia Regiment, the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the British South Africa Police served in the African theatre of the conflict, contributing to the South-West African and East African campaigns.
Though it was one of the few combatant territories not to raise fighting men through conscription, proportional to white population, Southern Rhodesia contributed more manpower to the British war effort than any other dominion or colony, and more than Britain itself. White troops numbered 5,716, about 40% of white men in the colony, with 1,720 of these serving as commissioned officers. The Rhodesia Native Regiment enlisted 2,507 black soldiers, about 30 black recruits scouted for the Rhodesia Regiment, and around 350 served in British and South African units. Over 800 Southern Rhodesians of all races lost their lives on operational service during the war, with many more seriously wounded.
The territory's contributions during the First World War became a major entry in many histories of the colony, and a great source of pride for the white community, as well as for some black Rhodesians. It played a part in the UK government's decision to grant self-government in 1923, and remained prominent in the national consciousness for decades. When the colonial government unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965, it deliberately did so on Armistice Day, 11 November, and signed the proclamation ...