Category: WW2

Not for Ourselves, but for Others

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Sid James – Carry On Saffa

  Sid James – the “cockney Jack the lad” star of the “Carry On” movie series. But did you know Sid was a South African by birth and served in…
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Jackie Moggridge – South African ATA Pilot

Jackie Moggridge, (born Dolores Theresa “Jackie” Sorour) joined the Hatfield Ferry Pool on 29 July 1940, being the youngest of the female pilots, aged 18. The South African safely handed…
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South Africans in the Italian Campaign WW2

Famous LIFE colour photo from the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. May 1944 British, American and South African soldiers hold up Nazi trophy flag while combat engineers on bulldozers…
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