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Colin Frederick Blackden
Brigadier
Colin Frederick Blackden
was an officer in the
British Army during World War II
.
Blackden was
acting
commander of several
brigades
of the
King's African Rifles
during the
East African Campaign
.
Command
history
Acting
Commanding Officer
, 2nd
East African
Brigade,
East Africa
- 1940
Acting Commanding Officer, 22nd
East
African Brigade, detached to
11th African Division
- 1941
Commanding Officer,
Lines of Communication
Area
, East Africa - 1941 to
1942
Commanding Officer
27th
North Rhodesian
Brigade, East Africa - 1942
Commanding Officer, Sub-Area, East Africa -
1943
to 1944