Category: WW1

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SS Mendi Parade Report

The Parade to commemorate the sinking of the SS Mendi took place at Hollybrooke in Southampton on the 23rd February 2014. The parade was jointly hosted by The Friends of…
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South Africa’s WW1 Victoria Cross Winner

Honouring South African heroes and this is one of South Africa’s greatest. Many people don’t know that South Africa has it’s own WW1 flying ace and VC winner, and this…
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Battle of the Menin Road

By Filip Debergh On 20 September 1917 at 05.40, two regiments, the 3rd and the 4th South African Infantry battalions of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade, left their assembly…
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