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The Somaliland Camel Corps has its origins in the Camel Constabulary which was raised in 1912 to check inter-tribal fighting. The Corps consists of a camel company, a pony company, and a mechanized infantry company. If is officered by officers of the British Army and it is trained and equipped on modern lines. The Corps is part of the King's African Rifles, a foce of six battalions (in addition to the Camel Corps), maintained by the various territories in East Africa. Further information on the K.A.R. will be found on Card No. 44. We show a Sergeant of the Camel Corps, with native forts at Taleh, British Somaliland, in the background.

King's African Rifles: Somaliland Camel Corps
In 1938 John Players & Sons, Branch of The Imperial Tobacco Co. of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd., issued a set of fifty (50) tobacco cards entitled Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas. Each small card (36mm x 67mm) depicted a uniform from an overseas unit on the front and included a brief description of the unit and its history on the back. This particular card is No.45 of the series. The original text is below.
The Somaliland Camel Corps has its origins in the Camel Constabulary which was raised in 1912 to check inter-tribal fighting. The Corps consists of a camel company, a pony company, and a mechanized infantry company. If is officered by officers of the British Army and it is trained and equipped on modern lines. The Corps is part of the King's African Rifles, a foce of six battalions (in addition to the Camel Corps), maintained by the various territories in East Africa. Further information on the K.A.R. will be found on Card No. 44. We show a Sergeant of the Camel Corps, with native forts at Taleh, British Somaliland, in the background.
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King's African Rifles: Somaliland Camel Corps