page_title: Nigeria Regiment
hierarchical_section_title: Nigeria Regiment
context_page_description: The Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, was formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Regiment and the Southern Nigeria Regiment on 1 January 1914. At that time, the regiment consisted of five battalions:
  1st Battalion - ex 1st Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  2nd Battalion - ex 2nd Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  3rd Battalion - ex 3rd Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  4th Battalion - ex 2nd Bn, Southern Nigeria Regiment
  5th Battalion - ex 1st Bn, Southern Nigeria Regiment
context_section_description: The Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, was formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Regiment and the Southern Nigeria Regiment on 1 January 1914. At that time, the regiment consisted of five battalions:
  1st Battalion - ex 1st Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  2nd Battalion - ex 2nd Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  3rd Battalion - ex 3rd Bn, Northern Nigeria Regiment
  4th (Lagos) Battalion - ex 2nd Bn, Southern Nigeria Regiment
  5th Battalion - ex 1st Bn, Southern Nigeria Regiment
caption: Troops of the Nigeria Regiment, 3rd West African Brigade (Thunder), board an RAF Dakota for Operation Thursday
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