Pte QUASHI, Nigeria Regt. Died 08/11/1917

[Stephen Nulty]

GWF

Pte QUASHI, 7613 Nigeria Regt, who died on 08.11.17. Calabar Memorial, Nigeria

CWGC

Name: QUASHI

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.

Date of Death: 08/11/1917

Service No: 7613

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Cemetery: CALABAR MEMORIAL

The Calabar, Ibadan, Lokoja and Zaria Memorials were erected partly by subscription and partly from Nigerian Government funds. They stand at the Headquarters of the different units of the Nigeria Regiment and each is a War Memorial bearing a complete list of war dead on bronze tablets. The Calabar Memorial is at the junction of Barracks Road, Calabar Road, Moor Road and Club Road, and commemorates the 407 names from No 2 Battery and from 3rd and 3rd Service Battalions. It takes the form of a concrete rectangular pillar on a stepped base, flanked by two machine guns captured at Ngwende on the 24 January 1917.

Extracted from http://www.omoigui.com/nigerian_military_history/

"On January 1st, 1914, consequent upon the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria, The Southern Nigeria Regiment was merged with The Northern Nigeria Regiment to form The Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force."

“...they were drafted in late 1914 to take part in the British invasion of German Kamerun, which ended in 1916 after which they were later deployed as part of the campaign against Von Lettow in East Africa until 1918”