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Tag Archives: World War One
Commemorating Annie Munro
Being involved with photographing war graves you often find that you are drawn to some graves or individuals, or you feel that you need to remind the world of a life that was cut short by the tragedy of war. … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Heritage, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Retrospective, South Africa, United Kingdom, War Grave, World War 1
Tagged Annie Winifred Munro, Ebani, Glasgow, GSWA, nurse, South Africa, World War One
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Remember the Mendi
HMT Mendi (21/02/1917) On 21 February 1917, South Africa lost some 607 African volunteers en route to the battlefields of France when their troopship; HMT Mendi, was in a collision with the SS Darro off St Catherine’s Point on the … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, CWGC, Hampshire, Heritage, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Retrospective, Ships, South Africa, Southampton, United Kingdom, War Memorial, World War 1
Tagged Collision, Darro, HMT Mendi, Hollybrook Cemetery, NMC, Southampton, World War One
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