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Category Archives: South Africa
Asian and African Warships to the Cape
I was given a whole stack of prints that were photographed of warships that called in Cape Town and Simonstown roughly between 1994 and 2002. The photographer was Patrick Gavin Worman, and unfortunately like so many of us he was … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military, Personal, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation, Warships
Tagged Cape Town, San, South Africa, South African Navy, Warship
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American, Russian and Soviet Warships to the Cape
I was given a whole stack of prints that were photographed of warships that called in Cape Town and Simonstown roughly between 1994 and 2002. The photographer was Patrick Gavin Worman, and unfortunately like so many of us he was … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military, Personal, ships and shipping, South Africa, Warships
Tagged America, Cape Town, Russia, Simonstown, USSR, Warship
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European Warships to the Cape
I was given a whole stack of prints that were photographed of warships that called in Cape Town and Simonstown roughly between 1994 and 2002. The photographer was Patrick Gavin Worman, and unfortunately like so many of us he was … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Heritage, Military, ships and shipping, South Africa, Warships
Tagged Belgium, Cape Town, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Navy, Royal Navy, Simonstown, Spain, Sweden, United KIngdom, Warship
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South American Warships to the Cape.
I was given a whole stack of prints that were photographed of warships that called in Cape Town and Simonstown roughly between 1994 and 2002. The photographer was Patrick Gavin Worman, and unfortunately like so many of us he was … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military, ships and shipping, South Africa, Warships
Tagged Argentina, Brazil, Cape Town, naval, Navy, Simonstown, Uruguay, Warship
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Durban Shipwatch: Anastasis
My handy ship visit book records that we visited on board this classic beauty on 18 May 1996. Rudi and I went down specifically to see her, and I was carrying a large video camera but no stills camera. Rudi … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ships, Natal, Personal, shipbio, shipbook, ships and shipping, South Africa, transportation
Tagged 1996, Anastasis, Durban. shipbook, Mercy Ships, Ship visit, Youth With a Mission, YWAM
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Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn VC
Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn (27/11/1870 – 04/07/1913) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions the at Elandslaagte during the Anglo Boer War. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 20 July 1900, Issue: 27212, Page: 4509, reads: “The Gordon Highlanders, Captain Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn: At … Continue reading
Posted in Boer War, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, South Africa, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross
Tagged Brookwood Cemetery, Elandslaagte, Gordon Highlanders, Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn VC, VC, Victoria Cross
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Gloucestershire Regiment ABW Memorial in Bristol
The Gloucestershire Regiment South African War Memorial may be found at Google Earth co-ordinates: 51.457683° -2.608860°, on an island in Queens Road, Bristol. The Memorial was unveiled on 4 Mar 1905, and attended by: Field Marshal Earl Roberts VC KG KP … Continue reading
Posted in Boer War, Gloucestershire, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, South Africa, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo Boer War, Bristol, Gloucestershire Regiment, South African War
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Kings Liverpool Regiments Boer War Memorial
The Kings Liverpool Regiments Boer Memorial may be found in St John’s Gardens, Liverpool. Google Earth co-ordinates 53.408902°, -2.981613° It commemorates the involvement of the regiment in the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), Third Anglo-Burmese War; (1885-1886), and the … Continue reading
Posted in Boer War, Heritage, Liverpool, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, South Africa, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo-Burmese War, Boer War, Kings Liverpool Regiment, Liverpool, Second Anglo-Afghan War, St John's Gardens
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Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson VC.
Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson (23/09/1872 – 15/12/1932) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Wolvespruit, about 15 miles north of Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa, on 5 July 1990. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 14 September 1900 Issue: 27229 … Continue reading
Posted in Boer War, Cemetery, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, Personal, South Africa, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross
Tagged Anglo Boer War, Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson VC, Liverpool, St James Cemetery, VC, Victoria Cross
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