Category: WW1

Not for Ourselves, but for Others

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WW1 South African standing sentry in the trenches

Very rare photo of South Africans in the frontline trenches during World War 1. Here is a South African sentry standing lookout at his post near Fricourt, France whilst taking…
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The tragedy of the SS Mendi – South Africa’s greatest wartime loss

Collated by Peter Dickens     On 21 February 1917, during World War I, this chartered troopship – the SS Mendi – containing a full battalion of South African Native…
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Rare image of a wounded South African during World War 1

Rare photo of South Africans in action during World War 1. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge; part of the Ypres initiatives. Here a wounded South African is being given…
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