More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with a memorial more than a century later.

A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were Black,

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 men worked in dangerous and gruelling non-combatant roles in East Africa but until now, they had no known grave or commemoration.

Britain's Princess Anne, the President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, walks in between an African "iroko" hardwood post bearing names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South

Cape Town honors 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in World War I without known graves. A new memorial preserves their legacy.

Princess Anne has honoured black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles during World War I. Anne unveiled the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial as president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Wednesday.