MANDAMBWE, Rev John Edward Archibald (b 1926)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Mandambwe
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: MANDAMBWE, Rev John Edward Archibald (b 1926)
Date(s)	: 1939-2007
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1 volume or 0.01m3
Name of creator(s)	: Mandambwe | John Edward Archibald | b 1926 | Reverend

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Zomba District, Nyasaland (Malawi), 1926; conscripted into 2 Bn, D Company, Nyasaland King's African Rifles, 1939; stationed in Egypt, 1940-1943; Corporal, 1942; stationed in India, 1943-1945; Sergeant, 1943; Staff Sergeant, 1944; discharged, 1945; trained as a teacher, 1958.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Published memoir Can you tell me why I went to war? A story of a young King's African Rifle, Reverend Father John E A Mandambwe, co-written by Mario Kolk, describing Mandambwe's conscription into the King's African Rifles from school in the Malindi area, Nyasaland (Malawi), 1939; training and service in Egypt and India, 1939-1945; postwar life in Nyasaland (Malawi) and South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1945-1964; impact of war service on his life, including recognition in the form of a pension, 1998-2007.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.

Finding aids:

No further finding aids are available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Mario Kolk, Jun 2008.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Liddell Hart Centre contains further material relevant to the King's African Rifles in World War Two, including Brig Trevor Hart Dyke, an account of his life and service with King's African Rifles, East Africa, 1930-1936; and as commander, 5 King's African Rifles, East Africa, 1946-1947; Lt Col John Pitt, memoir 'Adui Mbele (Enemy in Front): some recollections of a Platoon Commander in the East African Campaign', describing command of 1/6 (Tanganyika) King's African Rifles, 22 (East African) Infantry Brigade, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1940-1942.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Katharine Higgon.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions:
Jun 2008