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Tag Archives: Commando
Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross
The Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross Plaque may be found at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Lt Col Geoffrey Keyes VC, MC. Lt Col Charles Newman VC Sgt Thomas Durrant VC Maj Patrick Porteus VC L/Cpl Henry Harden … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 2
Tagged Commando, Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, NMA, Staffordshire, World War 2
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Ouhoutbossie and Manchester Regiment Memorial: Mpumalanga.
My thanks go to Joe Borain who sent me the images of the Manchester Regiment and Ouhoutbossie Memorials. These can be found on the R540 between Dullstroom and Lydenburg. The Manchester Regiment may be found at Google Earth Co-ordinates 25° … Continue reading
Posted in Boer War, Heritage, South Africa, Uncategorized
Tagged ABW, Boer War, bommeksim, Commando, Manchester Regiment, Middelburg Commando, Mpumalanga, Ouhoutbossie
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