I like the colour, some nice ideas here. Just a few suggestions:
425 seems like a large number for the ex-pats to all have had military experience. Perhaps the core is a group of "Grey beard" ex-military and maybe some ex-Rhodesians thrown into the mix. The rest could be younger Brit ex-pats who have been trained up by their elders. There are about 32,000 British ex-pats living in Kenya and having nearly one in 64 of them being older ex-military might be stretching it. In the UK the number of veterans to civilians is about 1 in 120. Considering that soldiers often do settle abroad to let their pensions go further it might be feasible though so it's no biggie.
The unit may just call itself the British Lions to the local populace. This might be more acceptable to a country that forcibly separated from the crown than an overtly royal title. It also adds colour as the British Lions is a composite rugby team that is made up of selected international rugby players from the Home Nations and the Republic of Ireland and there is a thriving rugby culture in Kenya. Either that or mention how their bravery has overcome initial scepticism about their chosen title.
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