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Tag Archives: SAWGP
HMT Mendi Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour for the Mendi is a very difficult one to reproduce, there are numerous anomalies in the list due to how many African names are written, pronounced, spelt and used. CWGC redid the plaques on the Hollybrook … Continue reading
Posted in CWGC, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Mendi Disaster, Military, Personal, Retrospective, Roll of Honour, South Africa, United Kingdom, War, World War 1
Tagged CWGC, disaster, HMT Mendi, Hollybrook, Memorial, NMC, Roll of Honour, SAWGP, sinking, South Africa, Southampton, World War One
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Completing the Cards
Followers of this blog may recall my post from 24 May 2012 “Reading the cards” At the time when I wrote it we were facing the seemingly mammoth task of trying to find record cards for as many South African … Continue reading
Posted in Border War, CWGC, Heritage, Military, Personal, Pretoria, Retrospective, South Africa, War, World War 1
Tagged CWGC, grave, Pretoria, Record cards, SADF, SAWGP, South Africa, World War 1
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