Mbala War Memorial

The Mbala War Memorial is a First World War memorial which stands on a roundabout on the M1 road heading south from the centre of Mbala, Zambia. The truncated red stone column was one of the last war memorials designed by Edwin Lutyens.

Photo: W507, Public domain.

Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Mbala, Zambia
Also known as: “Abercorn Memorial”, “Mbala Surrender Monument”, and “Memorial to Native Porters”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mbala.

Mbala

Town

Photo: W507, Public domain.

Mbala is Zambia's most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District in Northern Province, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-west, where the port of Mpulungu is located.

Mbala War Memorial

Categories: World War I memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial, and historic site
Location: Northern Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-8.8483° or 8° 50′ 54″ south

Longitude

31.36988° or 31° 22′ 12″ east

Open location code

6G3H5929+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5846603132

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q111915861

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In Other Languages

From French to Tumbuka—“Mbala War Memorial” goes by many names.

French: “mémorial Abercorn”
French: “Mémorial Abercorn”
Tumbuka: “Chikumbusko cha Nkhondo ya Mbala”

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