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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/D/1/20
Alt Ref NoADD 1/1/60
TitleParticipation Of South Africa In Two World Wars
DescriptionFile of MS.; TS. and duplicated notes and drafts; with envelope of photographic prints. Main topics: military operations involving South Africans; tenure of military graves in South Africa.
Date1/1/1952 - 31/12/1977
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CWGC_1_2_D_1_20.opt.pdf

Content NoteIncludes: Letter re invitation to Marshal Foch to attend unveiling of Delville Wood memorial; 20 July 1926. Press cutting and speech re South African Battlefields Pilgrimage; 1952; Envelope containing photographic prints, including: Serving Lieutenant R.G. Hamilton's grave in Krakow British War Cemetery, Poland; Bombardier A.L. Tyass's headstone in Tilloy British Cemetery, France; Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery, South Africa; Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel; Lieutenant L.W.M. Du Toit's headstone in Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece; Private W.R. Spratt's headstone in Brookwood Military Cemetery, United Kingdom; Lieutenant J.B. Lockwood's headstone in Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece; Private Sidney Bone Higgs's headstone in Brookwood Military Cemetery, United Kingdom; Cross of Sacrifice and headstones in Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery, South Africa; South African plot in Brookwood Military Cemetery; Headstones in Voortrekkerhoogte (Non-European) Cemetery, South Africa.
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CollectionArchive
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