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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Not for Ourselves, but for Others
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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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 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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