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. Most were part-time units, and they were the colonial equivalents of the British "Home" Auxiliary Forces. Both Colonial and Home Auxiliary Forces were originally referred to as "Reserve Forces" (until the formation of the Regular Reserve of the British Army caused confusion) 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". A small number of colonial reserve units (such as the Militia, Volunteer and Territorial units of Bermuda) were funded by the War Office as parts of the British Army and hence were not auxiliary forces. A small number of regular military units (such as the Royal West African Frontier Force) were also raised in the colonies and not funded by the War Office (and were organised under the Colonial Office), and these were also considered auxiliary to the British Army. Other regular colonial units, notably the West India Regiment, were funded by the War Office as parts of the British Army.