'Downright disgrace' - fears for Kirklees' war graves as plans to reuse burial space cause outcry
Proposals to reuse graves have been branded a “downright disgrace” by a Kirklees councillor, as fears grow over the future of ...
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South Africa: Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
The 1,700 carefully constructed brown wooden carvings are standing in a line. These structures represent a new Commonwealth ...
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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.
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Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
The 1,700 carefully constructed brown wooden carvings are standing in a line. These structures represent a new Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial, which honors the contribution of the ...
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Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week rights a century-old wrong by recognising the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants who died in Africa in theatres of war, at sea and ...
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Princess Royal says black African servicemen who died for Britain will finally be commemorated
Officials estimate colonial administrators and what was then the Imperial War Graves Commission, now known as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, failed to honour at least 100,000 African and ...
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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War memorial opens in Cape Town
The memorial, in Cape Town, in the Company’s Garden, was inaugurated by Commonwealth War Graves Commission president, Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne.
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
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 ...
Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War
The King’s sister has travelled to South Africa for a two-day visit and will perform the ceremony in her role as president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is behind the memorial ...
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Long forgotten, Black servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial in South Africa
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 ...