Captain Edwin Swales, V.C.
Edwin Essery Swales was one of four children born in Inanda, Natal, South Africa to Harry Evelyn Swales, who was a farmer in the Heatonville district, and Olive Miriam Essery.…
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Not for Ourselves, but for Others
Edwin Essery Swales was one of four children born in Inanda, Natal, South Africa to Harry Evelyn Swales, who was a farmer in the Heatonville district, and Olive Miriam Essery.…
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Remembering D Day and the extreme bravery of quite a number of South Africans who took part in it. Two South Africans seconded to the Royal Marines were awarded the…
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Carl A. L. Craemer I listened to General Smuts’ speech on the radio to the South African nation on the evening of 6 September 1939. Our army would…
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