British Colonial Auxiliary Forces

The British Colonial Auxiliary Forces were the various military forces (each composed of one or more units or corps) of Britain's colonial empire which were not considered part of the British Army proper. They were the colonial equivalents of the British "Home" Auxiliary Forces, and both Colonial and Home Auxiliary Forces were originally also referred to as "Reserve Forces" and (due to their being tasked purely with home defence, so that their personnel could not be sent overseas on expeditionary service unless they specially volunteered for this) as "Local Forces" and "Home Defence Forces" or "Defence Forces".