Brigadier Colin Frederick Blackden (1897 – November 1986) was an officer in the British Army during the Second World War.
Blackden was acting commander of several brigades of the King's African Rifles during the East African Campaign.
Command history
Acting Commanding Officer, 2nd (East Africa) Infantry Brigade, East Africa – 1940 Acting Commanding Officer, 22nd (East Africa) Infantry Brigade, detached to 11th African Division – 1941 Commanding Officer, Lines of Communication Area, East Africa – 1941 to 1942 Commanding Officer 27th (N Rhodesia) Infantry Brigade, East Africa – 1942 Commanding Officer, Sub-Area, East Africa – 1943 to 1944
See also
East African Campaign
Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II)
