Michel Camp

Michel Camp is the base of the First Battalion of Infantry of the Ghana Army. It is located at Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The First Battalion together with the Second and Fifth Battalions of Infantry make up the Southern Command of the Ghana Army.

First Battalion
Active1957
CountryGhana
AllegianceGhana Armed Forces
BranchGhana Army
TypeInfantry
Part ofSouthern Command
Garrison/HQMichel Camp
PatronJoseph Edward Michel

28 battalions were raised during the Second World War as part of the Royal West African Frontier Force. 9 of them were under the Gold Coast Regiment. This unit formed part of the 82 W. A. Division that saw action in Burma and in East Africa with the 24 G. C. Brigade.[1]

Following the Gold Coast becoming the independent country Ghana in March 1957, all of the Gold Coast Military Forces, including the Gold Coast Regiment, were withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1959. With the country's change of name to Ghana, the regiment was renamed as the Ghana Regiment.[lower-alpha 1]

Michel Camp was named after Brigadier Michel who was one of the most senior Ghanaians in the Ghana Army after independence. He had been the Aide-de-camp to President Kwame Nkrumah. He was also served as a Brigade commander with the United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC). He was due to return to Zaire to serve as the Chief of staff of UNOC. He unfortunately died in an air crash at Kumasi in Ghana weeks before taking up the position.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. [2] -quoted in African theatre of World War I but link now dead.

References
  1. Haywood, Brigadier F. A. S.; Clarke, Colonel A., eds. (1 January 1964). The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force. Aldershot, UK: Gale and Polden Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. "Combat Suport Arms". Gaf.mil.gh. Ghana Armed Forces. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. Amenumey, D. E. K. (2002). "10". Oustanding Ewes of the 20th Century:Profiles of Fifteen Firsts. Volume 1. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. pp. 119–129. ISBN 9964-978-83-9.

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