t was Captain F.D. LUGARD Of the Norfolk Regiment who enlisted ATONGA recruits to stop the Arab Slave traders shipping slaves from NYASALAND to the Coast. in 1896 this force was given the title "The British Central African Rifles." A second battalion was formed in 1899.
In 1902 "The King's African Rifles" came into being and these two battalions took on their new title. On 6th October 1902 Lieutenant Colonel COBBE was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Battle of EREGON against the MAD MULLAH. He had continued to work a Maxim Machine Gun though he was well out in front of the line, when he ran out under heavy enemy fire to rescue a wounded orderly. It is after this courageous man that the home of The Malawi Rifles, Cobbe Barracks in ZOMBA, is named.
During the 1st World War the Battalions were in action in KARONGA. JASIN in TANGANYIKA and NYANGAO in EAST AFRICA. During this last battle the ground changed hands four times. it was said of the KAR in the EAST AFRICAN Campaign "Neither before nor since has the KAR been faced with a Campaign at once so prolonged, arduous or stubborn as that of the 1st World War."
in September 1925 His Majesty KING GEORGE V graciously accepted the appointment of Colonel-In-Chief of the King's African Rifles and the Regiment is similarly honoured today by Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
In May 1940 the Battalion moved to WAJIR with B Company on the Italian front at MOYALE. Then came the advance on MOGADISHU and ADDIS ABABA as part of 12 (EA) Division and later the Battalion moved to MADAGASCAR and BURMA. After mopping up operations against the Japanese on AKYAB and RAMREE Island it finally concentrated at ZOMBA NYASALAND after 13 years.
The Battalion served in MALAYA from January 1951 to 1953 and in LUSAKA (ZAMBIA) from February 1958 to 1961. On 6th July 1964, MALAWI became an Independent Member of the Commonwealth and the Battalion changed its title to 1st Battalion The Malawi Rifles (KAR).
On 6th July 1966 Malawi became a Republic and His Excellency The Hon. Dr. H. KAMUZU BANDA became the first President of the new Republic. After the swearing in Ceremony his first duty was to present the Battalion with his own Presidential Colour and the new Regimental Colour.
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