South Africa, World War I

1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
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.
South Africa: Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
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,
Anne to mark non-combat work by black South Africans during First World War
She is president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and will unveil the institution’s Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial, which honours more than 1,700 South Africans who carried out non-combat jobs and died with no known grave or commemoration.
Cape Town Memorial Honors 1,772 Black South African Servicemen Who Died in WWI
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 honours South African servicemen from World War I
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.
South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
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,
The World War Two soldier buried without his brain
The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.
The Stolen Brain Of World War 2 Soldier Found After 80 Years
A soldier, who died as a German prisoner of war in 1941, was buried without his brain, a fact his family only discovered ...
Anne lays wreath to honour black South African labourers in First World War
The Princess Royal said the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial is ‘a reminder of a shared but sometimes difficult past’.
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Commonwealth war graves: PM 'deeply troubled' over racism
The prime minister offered an "unreserved apology" over the findings of the review by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. "Our shared duty is to honour and remember all those, wherever they ...
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UK's Princess Anne to honour South African war heroes during January royal visit to Cape Town
The UK's Princess Anne is set to visit South Africa from 21 January to 22 January for a series of engagements.
'Downright disgrace' - fears for Kirklees' war graves as plans to reuse burial space cause outcry
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‘Deeply insulting’: Almost 50 Australian war graves feared damaged in Gaza conflict
Two war cemeteries have suffered “extensive damage” during Israel Defence Forces’ attacks on Hamas, with almost 50 Australian soldiers’ graves believed to have been caught in the wreckage.