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Somaliland Camel Corps
Logo of the Somaliland Camel Corps
Active1914–1944
Country British Somaliland
AllegianceSomaliland Camel Corps British Empire
BranchBritish Colonial Auxiliary Forces
TypeCamel cavalry
HeadquartersLaferug (Lafaruug)
EngagementsSomaliland Campaign
Second Somaliland expedition
Third Somaliland expedition
Fifth Somaliland expedition
1922 Burao Tax Revolt
Italian conquest of British Somaliland
East African Campaign
1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson

The Somaliland Camel Corps (SCC) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit which was raised in British Somaliland. It existed from 1914 until 1944.

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