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Schools pay tribute to South African WW1 soldiers at Tyne Cot

  Courtesy of Filip Debergh We previously posted a report on the reburial of three South African soldiers at Tyne Cot, and followed that up with a report on a…
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Three South African schools to commemorate fallen countrymen on Tyne Cot Cemetery

  Author: Filip DeBergh     On 23 Sept. 2011 the remains of 3 South African soldiers were exhumed from the grounds of brick factory Wienerberger at Zonnebeke, Belgium. They…
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” A Brilliant Campaign.. ” : Letter written by Captain Trevitt, South African Engineers, during the German South West Africa Campaign ( 1914 – 1915 )

“A Brilliant Campaign “…   From a letter written by Captain Trevitt ( South African Engineers ) to a Mrs. Wood, of Trentham, Long Eaton ( UK ), as published…
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