hants chronicle

[suz2]

soldier or police Officer in East Africa, esp. serving in armed forces of Britain during the Great War (6)

[grasscarp]

Askari

[Beatrice35]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askari

When went to post there were no answers then discovered grasscarp pipped me to the post with the same answer of Askari :-) Also was not signed in, so had to sign in anyhow :-)
Ciao, Beatrice :-)

[suz2]

thank you both for prompt reply