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*A new memorial in Cape Town honors 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles during World War I and have no known graves. According to The Associated Press, these men ...
The Cape Town memorial only commemorates men who did not carry arms and who lost their lives in Africa – other South Africans who died in World War I have already been commemorated elsewhere.
Cape Town - The winning design for the proposed memorial to honour more than 1 600 black servicemen who died during World War I was announced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
The memorial was inaugurated by the President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, in Cape Town. She told the audience, which included several South ...
Britain's Princess Anne, the President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, left, attends the opening of a memorial dedicated to more than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in ...
The memorial finally rights a historical wrong, said the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the British organization that looks after war graves and built the new memorial in Cape Town's oldest ...
The memorial, in Cape Town, in the Company’s Garden, was inaugurated by Commonwealth War Graves Commission president, Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne. eNCA's Ayesha Ismail reports in the video ...
The UK's Princess Anne is set to visit South Africa from 21 January to 22 January for a series of engagements. According to a press release from the British High Commission, the Princess Royal is set ...
The Address was given by His Excellency The Honourable Alexander Downer AC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Testimonies were read by Lieutenant General Ravi Eipe, Commonwealth War ...
African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave, in Cape Town ...