History of the KAR
The roots of the Regiment originate with the clashes with Arab slave traders and warlike native tribes, which compelled the African Lakes Corporation to employ armed natives, under British officers, to protect their stations. It was a Captain F D Lugard (Norfolk Regt.) who, in 1888, volunteered to lead a military expedition against the slave trader Mlozi. Nyasaland became a Protectorate in 1889 and the Government formed what was to become 1st Battalion, The Central African Rifles (CAR). A second Battalion was formed and sent to Mauritius, and then on to Somaliland to operate against the Mullah. Lugard later became Governor of Uganda.
http://www.kingsafricanriflesassociation.co.uk/the-history-of-the-kar/
Medal of KAR
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Medal of KAR, Medal of Honour - Stories of the Kings African Rifles & the Zambian War Veterans.
The Medal of KAR page is to honour the forgotten war veteran around the world we see that needs to be recognized by their bravery and sacrifice in Africa, East Indies and Burma. They are truly the heroes of the Second World War. As time goes by they will fade away in history without anyone knowing about them if we do not tell their story today
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Zambian World War 2 Veteran - Jackson Bwalya Musonko of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment - NRR. Born in 1919. John Bremner, also served in NRR in WW 2.
My Reminiscences of East Africa by von Lettow Vorbeck
MY REMINISCENCES OF EAST AFRICA . by General von Lettow-Vorbeck . General Paul von Letow-Vorbeck . PREFACE. In all the German colonies, though but a few decades old, a life lull of promise was discernible ere beginning to understand the national value of our colonial possessions; settlers and capital were venturing in ; industries and factories were beginning to flourish.
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