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Carpane – 75th Anniversary of the Grappa Massacres
Operation Piave In the period of the 20th to the 29th September 1944 a number of massacres and repri
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Warsaw Airlift, Battle of Square Hill commemorated in Richmond
RICHMOND UPON THAMES – On Saturday 15 September, Legionnaires from the South African Legion of Mil
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SAMVOA award for one of SA Legion’s best
TEDDINGTON – At a superb ‘meet and greet’ between the South African Legion UK & Europ
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Battle of Delville Wood remembered in Richmond
RICHMOND-ON-THAMES – The South African Legion gathered again at the South African Cenotaph in East
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Dutch National Remembrance Day – SA Legion shows solidarity with Noordwijk
NOORDWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS – Every year on 4 May, the Kingdom of the Netherlands marks its nat
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Commonwealth Memorial Parade 2019
COMMONWEALTH MEMORIAL GATES, LONDON – The 2019 Commonwealth Memorial Parade on Monday 11 March was
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Three Ships Parade, Richmond
RICHMOND-ON-THAMES – The Annual Three Ships Parade took place in Richmond on 23 February and w
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SS Mendi Remembrance, Portsmouth UK
PORTSMOUTH, UK – In a week in which we commemorate South African naval and maritime losses, tw
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SS Mendi Remembrance, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
NOORDWIJK, ZUID-HOLLAND – In a dignified ceremony in Noodwijk in the Netherlands today, the fallen
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Carabiniers remembered at Kimberly Gate, Chelsea
LONDON – On Sunday 2 December the South African Legion England Branch once again joined the Ro
Read MoreSA Legionnaires join parade at London Cenotaph to mark 100 years since Armistice
WHITEHALL, LONDON – Around 40 Legionnaires from around the UK and Europe joined 9,000 veterans and
Read MoreSouth African Veterans’ Armistice Day Parade
The Richmond Armistice Day service was held on 10 November at 10:30 at East Sheen Cemetery in London
Read MoreSA Legion UK & EU Formal Mess Ball and Annual Awards Dinner 2018
SOUTHGATE, LONDON – The second Formal Mess Ball of the South African Legion UK & Europe Branch
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Battle of Square Hill Centenary Service and Parade 2018
RICHMOND UPON THAMES – The England Branch of the South African Legion hosted a remembrance service
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Airborne March, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2018
On Saturday 1 September 2018, the 72nd edition of the Airborne March (Airborne Wandeltocht) took pla
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BSAP memorial Service, National Memorial Arboretum
On Sunday 22 July 2018, in bright sunshine reminiscent of its African heritage, the British South Af
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Delville Wood Remembrance Service and Parade 14 July 2018, East Sheen Cemetery, Richmond, London
RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES – On the morning of Saturday 14 July 2018, the South African Legion (UK &
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Last Post Ceremony, Menin Gate, Ypres
Every evening at 20:00 sharp, ever since 1928, the solemn and stirringly beautiful Last Post ceremon
Read MoreThe Death of Staff Van Rooyen
The Death of Staff Van Rooyen Graham Du Toit of Facebook Honour Roll fame wrote : “FOR THEM THE LA
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Visit to the Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham – 13 April 2018
Wow what a day out it was! As everyone arrived, they were processed at Reception and taken off in gr
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The Legion and Albie Gotze’s Legion d’Honneur
At a ceremony held in Cape Town on the 13th February 2018, the Ambassador of France to South Africa,
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SS Mendi Remembrance, Noordwijk, 21 February 2018
At 11 am on Wednesday February 21 2018, the South African Ambassador to The Hague, HE Vusi (Bruce) K
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SS Mendi – The Untold Stories
The story of the Mendi is rightfully being told after years of silence, but the full story is not ye
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SA Legion Medal Parade follows RHC Carabiniers Memorial
A small group of Legionnaires and Moths attended the Observance at the Carabiniers Memorial, Chelsea
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SA Legion UK & Europe Inaugural Ball and Awards Dinner – 16 September 2017
The inaugural SA Legion UK & Europe Annual Ball & Awards dinner took place on 16 September a
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Legionnaires complete Marching for Others Three-Point Challenge
LONDON – Members of the SA Legion UK & Europe successfully completed a Three-Point Challen
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SA Legionnaires, MOTHs, Masons gather to honour SA Fallen on 11 November 2017
RICHMOND – 11h00 on 11 November 1918 marked the end of hostilities as the guns fell silent in
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Battle of Square Hill fallen honoured by South African Legion
RICHMOND UPON THAMES – The England Branch of the South African Legion hosted the inaugural Battle
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SA Legion Donates ‘Marching For Others’ funds towards Knysna Fires Relief
Following successful completion of the 200km fundraising challenge by the South African Legion, two
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South African Legion 100 year commemorative plaque placed on SS Mendi
Amidst the South African Nation celebrating the success of Wayde van Niekerk’s gold in the 400m 20
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Fundraising Target reached in the March for Others
The South African Legion conquered the 101st Four Days March Njimegen, the Netherlands; the largest
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Armed Forces Day Parade in Woking: 24 June 2017
The Woking Armed Forces and Veterans Annual Parade was hel
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Marching For Others
Nijmegen, Netherlands Vierdaagse The largest and most important walking/marching event on Earth. ~W
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SA Legion presents shield to RBL Clapham Club at Q2 2017 meeting
Another quarterly committee meeting (11th/03), another productive session with new plans in the pipe
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World War 2 Medals
Understanding your Grandfather’s (or Fathers’) World War 2 medals. This is the standard set
Read MoreSS Mendi – England Centenary Commemoration 2017
The centenary parade to mark the loss of the SS Mendi was held at Southampton’s Hollybrook
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SA Legion England shooting exercise at Little Chalfont Rifle and Pistol Club
On Friday 17th March the day of the long awaited SA Legion England Branch (SA Legion Shootex) visit
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Commonwealth Day Parade 2017
LONDON, 13 March 2017 –Mother Nature clearly smiles on the Commonwealth. On Monday, for (ab
Read MoreSS Mendi and Armed Forces Day, Noordwijk 2017
The centenary of the sinking of the SS Mendi, as well as Armed Forces Day was commemorated at Noordw
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Ex ZIPRA fighter regrets downing Rhodesian Viscounts
By Shine Moyo, Special Correspondent Mapotos: A former member of the Zimbabwe People’s
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HMSAS Southern Floe
Badge of H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe which was picked up in an Italian dugout in the Desert by a sergea
Read MoreSA Legion Presents the RBL Putney Club with Shield at Q1 Social
Following the productive quarterly committee meeting – with much ground covered on ramp
Read MoreSunderland Flying Boats of Lake Umsingazi
THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS OF LAKE UMSINGAZI By Jeff Gaisford Jeff Gaisford has a deep inter
Read MoreDHL and The South African Legion step up to the mark to deliver prosthetic limbs to veterans in need
DHL and The South African Legion step up to the mark to deliver prosthetic limbs to veterans
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Thiepval – End of Battle Somme Ceremony
Event Gallery here. THIEPVAL, France – Friday 18 November 2016 was a date of solemn remembrances a
Read MoreSouth African Legion Shields
Sometimes, taking a wrong turn in cyberspace is not a complete waste of time. A few months ago, whil
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SA Legion Shield Award at Royal Hospital Chelsea
Shield Award After attending the Carabiniers Boer War commemoration there was socialising with the r
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Medal Award after 33 years
Legion awards medals to worthy recipient Following the parade, newly elected chairman for the South
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Carabinier Boer War Remembrance 2016
The remembrance service with the South African Legion and the Royal Scots Dragoons was hosted by the
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Jan Smuts and Isaac Ochberg
You might remember heroic figures like Oskar Schindler (the famous “Schindler’s List”)
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South African Naval Losses in WW2
Casualties compiled by Don Kindell ABRAHAMS, Henry, Able Seaman, CN/ 719204 (SANF), SANF, 19 Novembe
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Your SADF Insurance Buddy
Remembering the days during South African National Service “ inklaar “, when if you arriv
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Joe Slovo, Signaller, WW2
This “rooigevaar” (Red Danger) communist was also a South African Army world war 2 vetera
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Major Arthur Walker HCG and Bar SM
It is with deep regret that we announce the passing this morning of a true South African mili
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The Williams brothers from South Africa
Amazing when recruitment posters such as this one, among other reasons can motivate whole fam
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South African Air Force AH-2 Rooivalk
South African Air Force AH-2 Rooivalk The Denel Rooivalk (previously designated AH-2 and CSH-
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Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke CB, CBE – Founder of modern special forces
Did you know that a South African was instrumental in founding modern Special Forces as we kn
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HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall
The Cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall were attacked and sunk on the 5th April 1942 by Japane
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“Ouma” Smuts
This is arguably the nations’s darling for many years in South Africa, especially amongst the mili
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Ek kan nie meer nie Korporal
Ek kan nie meer nie Korporal!!! …. (I can’t take it anymore Corporal). Music to a Physical T
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South Africans Commonwealth War Casualties buried across the World – Part One
South Africans participated in almost every theatre of war during both the First and Second World
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Sailor Malan – Freedom Fighter
Another inconvenient truth to the current political narrative of the “struggle”, the first mass
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Pro Nazi movements in WW2 South Africa
The Ossewabrandwag History is always a three way prism. As with South African statute forces fightin
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Carpane Massacre
In the North Italian village of Carpane on 27 September 1944 the Germans executed 16 Allied soldi
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Milan War Cemetery
On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armisti
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The Stress Position
Many of the National Servicemen veterans will remember (or quickly try and forget) this “stress po
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Air Chief Marshal Sir H.W.L. “Dingbat” Saunders GCB, KBE, MC, DFC & Bar, MM
Many South Africans achieved high positions of command in British Armed Forces during World War 2 &#
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The youngest recipient of the George Medal
Today we have a heartwarming story of a forgotten heroine of World War 2 which carries with it a Sou
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133 Army Cadet Force
It’s not often that I’m moved to writing a post, but felt that I have to share my though
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South African Seaward Defence Force Anti-submarine Flotilla, WW2
We remember the flotilla of South African whalers converted for military service during World War 2,
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The Brigadier
Christo our driver – he who successfully retreated from a Russian T-34 tank – was
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Visiting a T-34 Tank
Decades ago we came barreling around a corner in Onjiva and drove into a T-34 tank. We were j
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Steve Stevens, DFC (SAAF Beaufighter Pilot)
Steve Stevens, DFC, is frail, bedridden and in pain. However, there is no doubt that this man is a f
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AJEX Parade 2015, London
The South African Legion UK Branch , took part in this years Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women A
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Remembrance Service at Lyttelton
REMEMBRANCE SERVICE AT SAINTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LYTTELTON During October 2015 the Saints Presbyte
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Cullinan Military Cemetery
CULLINAN MILITARY CEMETERY – CULLINAN During World War 2 the Zonderwater area near Cullinan became
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The Second Battle of El Alamein.
On this day in 1942. The Second Battle of El Alamein begins and this is how it looked from th
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Captured Bush War Artillery
Bush War in Angola, now here we have a serious piece of captured Soviet artillery, taken by t
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South African Air Force 34 Squadron Liberator
A South African Air Force 34 Squadron Liberator bomber’s stick of bombs (top left hand
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Captured Soviet manufactured PMZ-4 Mine-layer
In case you are wondering why Angola is one of the most mined countries in the world, well th
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Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate
A little snippet of relatively unknown South African history. Here’s another South Afri
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The Fire-Force on the Move
The Fire-Force on the move. (SAAF Museum Collection photograph) – courtesy and thanks to Graha
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Derrick Dickens
Another South African Air Force artwork by renowned aviation artist Derrick Dickens’, p
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World War One Hero
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDEES DURING WORLD WAR 1: ACTING LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD ANNESLEY WEST VC DSO
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Gerard Ross Norton VC MM (7 September 1915 – 29 October 2004)
Celebrating true South African heroes and here is another Victoria Cross recipient, this is h
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Shot Down Over Pembury
Received this from Rob Johnson. It appeared recently in a Pembury Village Magazine. Thanks to
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Operation Prone
Once in a while a personal photograph gem pops up on the veterans forums, this one thanks to
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Acting Lieutenant Colonel Jack Sherwood Kelly, VC CMG DSO
SOUTH AFRICAN HEROES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: ACTING LIEUTENANT COLONEL JACK SHERWOOD KELLY VC
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Lieutenant D.C. “Tommy” Thomas
Today we profile another one of those South African heroes who served with the commandos on D
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What is a Poppy?
The poem was written by a Grade 11 learner, Jessica Hepburn who lives in Johannesburg, and forwarded
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Corporal William Cloete
Honouring real South African heroes and here stands an exceptional one. Corporal William Cloe
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Alouette Gunship
Nice action shot taken during the Bush War. Here a Alouette III Helicopter Gunship watches ov
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SAAF Rocket Firing Beaufighter Mk X
This was a highly controversial South African Air Force strike during the Second World War, a
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James Henry Greathead
During the Second World War, Londoners used the “Tube” underground rail system fo
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Let us remember rugby’s War Dead
Today’s image celebrates a game of rugby played between South African and Australian military
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First SAAF Buccaneer – RNAS Lossiemouth
This year marks the 50th anniversary of this historic flight – 25 May 1965 history was
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Sid James – Carry On Saffa
Sid James – the “cockney Jack the lad” star of the “Carry On” m
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Rhodesian African Rifles Memorial unveiling 19 Jul 2015.
Some time back SAL-UK was invited to attend the unveiling of the RNR/RAR memorial at the NMA. This w
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Benoni: 99th Commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood
About 100 Military Veterans and friends gathered at the cenotaph in Benoni on Sunday 19 July 2015 to
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Legionnaire, Moth, Signalman Malcolm Dirk Kriel
Friday 24 July 2015 Charles Ross attended the Memorial Service for Legionnaire/MOTH/Signalman Malcol
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Krige Schabort, an Interview
A chat with Krige Schabort, the Winner of the 2015 Espy Award for the Best Male Athlete with a Disab
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Jackie Moggridge – South African ATA Pilot
Jackie Moggridge, (born Dolores Theresa “Jackie” Sorour) joined the Hatfield Ferry Pool
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Peter McAleese – Beyond No Mean Soldier
There are times when “Not for Ourselves, but for Others” cannot be better defined than i
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South Africans in the Italian Campaign WW2
Famous LIFE colour photo from the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. May 1944 British, American and S
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Krige Schabort – Inspiration
Krige Schabort was only 24 years old and serving as a corporal in the South African army when a bomb
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Tobruk War Cemetery
TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY On 21 June 1942 Tobruk fell, giving the German Afrika Korps major victory in Nor
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Reconciliation – Armed Insurrection
It would be incorrect to say that South African Legion serves the agenda of one or the other side of
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South Africans involved in D Day
Remembering D Day and the extreme bravery of quite a number of South Africans who took part i
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Sinking of the Arniston – 200th Anniversary
Images by Peter Napier 200 YEARS SINCE THE SINKING OF THE ARNISTON COMMEMORATED 30 May 1815 –
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Lunch at Sidi Barani
Lunch at Sidi Barani – SAAF and RAF World War 2, North African theatre and this image s
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SA Legion Medal Parade
I recently had the good fortune to happen upon the Military Museum in Johannesburg. I’d been
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Medal Ceremony Saturday 16 May 2015
The South African Legion’s National Head Quarters (NHQ) – held a Medal Ceremony on Satur
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Savate Day 2015
Savate day was remembered by the 32 Battalion Veterans Association yesterday at a large ceremony was
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‘Battle of Cassinga’ on the 4th May 1978
Today we especially remember the fallen from the Angolan/SWA Border War and the ‘Battle
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South African Victoria Cross
Rare that we see a image of a South African Victoria Cross recipient in action, but th
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Battle of Gideon Namibia
BATTLE OF GIBEON NAMIBIA Commemorating the centenary of The Great War 1914 – 1918 and the South Af
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Battle of Trekkopje
CENTENARY OF THE BATTLEOFTREKKOPJE 26 APRIL1915 Yesterday marked the centenary of the Battle of Trek
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Lancaster W4888
On a remote location in the Netherland’s the South African national flag permanently flutters
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Dar Es Salaam Cemetery
The East African campaign of the First World War which started on 05 August 1914 when troops from th
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Eric Horace Johnson
It is with sadness again that we announce that WW2 SAAF fighter pilot Eric Johnson passed away earli
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Palmietkuil South War Cemetery and Memorial
PALMIETKUIL SOUTH WAR CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, SPRINGS, SOUTH AFRICA This possible the closest cemeter
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Three Ships Service 2015
Some more great work from the South African Legion – Port Elizabeth branch – annu
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Pretoria Medal Presentation Ceremony
PRETORIA MEDAL PRESENTATION CEREMONYSaturday 14 March 2015 the Pretoria Branch of the South African
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Lgr Frank Sexwale
It is with a very heavy heart this morning that we announce the passing the Past Chairman of the
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Remembering the South African Navy Frigate, SAS President Kruger.
The SAS President Kruger was a frigate of the South African Navy. She sank in 1982 with the loss of
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Grand President – The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)
South African Legion of Military Veterans press announcement, as of yesterday 9th February 20
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Hamilton War Cemetery – Bloemfontein
BLOEMFONTEIN (HAMILTON) WAR CEMETERY The Hamilton War Cemetery in Bloemfontein with its 74 Co
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WW2 SA Naval Casualties by Name and Ship
CASUALTIES BY DATE and SHIP Compiled by Don Kindell 1 9 3 9 4 October 19
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Cenotaph Parade Report – 2014
Taking-up our rightful place Put more than 10,000 people in one place at the same time
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A Brilliant Campaign…
“A Brilliant Campaign “… From a letter written by Captain Trevitt ( South Afr
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Richmond – South African Hospital 1916 and Richmond Military Cemetery
This is just to demonstrate a small piece of the work of the SA Legion-UK. Makes for a good read, so
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The SAAF in the Korean War
Excellent and extremely rare original colour photograph of North American F-51D Mustang fighters of
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The El Alamein “Stuka Party”, the SAAF’s finest hour in the desert war during WW2
World War 2 – The "1 Squadron Stuka Party' – a very successful day out for Sout
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South Africans carrying a wounded enemy German soldier to a medical station WW1
Rare photo of frontline South Africans in World War 1, and also one which shows compassion. Battle o
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Capt. Edwin Swales VC – a true South African WW2 hero
Another notable South African hero and Victoria Cross winner, Captain Edwin (Ted) Swales VC,
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South African WW1 recruitment poster calling for revenge over the execution of Edith Cavell.
1915 – Fascinating World War 1 recruiting poster urging South Africans to arms. The poster urg
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MS Oceanos – South African military bravery on the high seas
The tragedy of the MS Oceanos can be regarded as one of the finest hours for the South Africa
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John Household – First Flight
By Legionnaire Kevin Bolton, photos of the memorial courtesy of OM Greene of Hilton and of Ka
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Was Guy Gibson shot down by Friendly Fire?
(First published in the Daily Mail in October 2011 by Jessica Satherly) One of the greatest heroes o
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WW1 South African standing sentry in the trenches
Very rare photo of South Africans in the frontline trenches during World War 1. Here is a South Afri
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Centenary Commemoration of World War One
ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE, EAST LONDON Article by Charles Ross On Sunday
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Bob Kershaw – a South African war hero
Lieutenant Robert Harold Carlisle Kershaw DSO, DFC became the first South African pilot to be made a
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Sir Quintin Brand KBE, DSO, MC, DFC – World War 1
Brand was born in Beaconsfield (now part of Kimberley, Northern Cape) in South Africa
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Rommel inspects South African and British POW’s after Tobruk falls
Collated by Peter Dickens Fascinating and uncommon photo of victorious German troops ba gging South
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The tragedy of the SS Mendi – South Africa’s greatest wartime loss
Collated by Peter Dickens On 21 February 1917, during World War I, this chartered troopshi
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The Battle of Square Hill
Contributed by Charles Ross On Sunday 21 September the Battle of the Square Hill was commemor
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WW2 South African soldier standing proud guarding Waterkloof AFB
A rare and wonderful original colour WW2 photo of a proud South African soldier, during World War 2
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South Africans in the RAF
One of the RAF’s leading aces, and one of the highest scoring pilots during the Battle of Brit
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South African Battle of Britain hero and WW2 Fighter Ace – “Dutch” Hugo
Group Captain P H “Dutch” Hugo (left), Commanding Officer of No. 322 Wing RAF, and Wing
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84th Congress of the South African Legion of Military Veterans
A very successful 84th Congress of the South African Legion of Military Veterans was hosted b
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A tank named Jannie Smuts
World War 2 – Italy 1944, a crew of the Pretoria Tank Regiment, 6th South African Armoured Div
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Falklands bombing raid
On 30 April 1982, the RAF launched a secret mission: to fly a Vulcan bomber to the Falkland I
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Dave Campbell
RIP Dave Campbell former drummer of “The Rising Sons” and Veteran of the Natal Car
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Rare original colour photo of a SAAF spitfire during WW2
South African Air Force in Gabes in Tunisia April 1943 during World War 2. Rare original colour phot
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Springboks on Patrol again
THE FALLEN is a short film by Bauke Brouwer, and was filmed with the help of the Cape Town based Her
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The Fallen – The Shoot
Images by Anton Crone (See the film here) [print_gllr id=1871] In this short film about two close fr
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Springboks on Patrol
Iconic photo of a South African rifle section – known as “Springboks” to the Comm
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South Africans in D-Day
[Contributed by Ian Meadows, with Sources: Ross Dix-Peek, SA Newspaper, 10th June 1944; 24th June 19
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Rare image of a wounded South African during World War 1
Rare photo of South Africans in action during World War 1. Battle of the Menin Road Ridge; part of t
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Entrepeneurs over 50
For all of those contemplating retirement, here is some food for thought. You could of course do som
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Military Honours for Cmdt Johann Du Randt
Commandant Johann Christiaan Du Randt (Artillery Observation Officer, 4 Field Regiment) is carried t
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Colonel “Oom Vuil” Fred Potgieter.
The story of Colonel “Oom Vuil” Fred Potgieter. When the SAAF bought the farm at Ondangwa to
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SA Legion Medal Parade for D. Mannall MMM
The South African Legion – United Kingdom branch, held a medal parade for fellow Legionnair
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Captain Edwin Swales, V.C.
Edwin Essery Swales was one of four children born in Inanda, Natal, South Africa to Harry Evelyn Swa
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Rare photo of a SAAF Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk VI
Never before published photograph of 11 Squadron Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk VI 380 flying in the area
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Son of South Africa who died during the Vietnam War remembered today
Today we remember a son of South Africa who died during the Vietnam War. He is also shared with Aust
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Military Cross for Southern African Royal Marine
A Southern African who won the Military Cross for outstanding bravery whilst serving in the Royal Ma
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Private Beleza rests in a home fit for heroes
This article was published in the Cape Argus on 17th July 2014 under the title “Private
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Delville Wood Re-interment
The South African Veterans and French Veterans form the honour guard at the War Memorial in D
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Poetry – ISANDLAWANA
Nkosi, we scream, And I taste the thunder Of our feet. Nkosi! And brandish high Our bloody assegays.
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South Africans in D-Day
Remembering D Day and the extreme bravery of quite a number of South Africans who took part in it. T
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Army Life in WW 2
Carl A. L. Craemer I listened to General Smuts’ speech on the radio to the South Afr
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Savate Day
32 Battalion – controversial to this day – yes, but the fact still remains –
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The New Zealanders` Farewell to the South Africans
This was written after the South Africans held their positions at Deville Wood on the Western Front,
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First World War : Order of Battle and Operational History Timeline of the 9th Scottish Dvision ( incorporating 1st South African Infantry Brigade ).
The 9th ( Scottish ) Division came into existence as a result of Army Order No. 324, issued on 21 A
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Tunisian Campaign 1943
WW2 – Tunisian campaign 1943 – original colour photograph of two clipped-wing
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Bravery in the highest order on the MS Oceanos
The tragedy of the MS Oceanos can be regarded as one of the finest hours for the South African Navy
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Remembrance Day
At approximately 05:00 on Monday, 11 November 1918, the Armistice was signed in a railway carriage o
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Delville Wood
The Battle of Somme, launched on 01 July 1916, was one of the bloodiest offensives during World War
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Bucaneer 416 – Restoration Project Visitors
Both these photos reflects historical occasions. 1st Photo 25 May 1965, the delivery of the 1
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6th Armoured Division in the ‘soft underbelly’
If anything this image shows us just how tough it was for the South Africans fighting in Ital
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‘Twas on a misty mountain
The radar station that I was posted at was set high up on a mountain, 2000 metres above the ground.
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Marzabotto, Monte Sole and the 6th Armoured Division of South Africa
Marzabotto – An Italian town’s appreciation to South African troops for rescuing them fr
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SS Mendi Parade Report
The Parade to commemorate the sinking of the SS Mendi took place at Hollybrooke in Southampton on th
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Head and Shoulders
A man who stands head and shoulders above men. Col Jan Breytenbach seen here after been blown
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South Africa’s WW1 Victoria Cross Winner
Honouring South African heroes and this is one of South Africa’s greatest. Many people donR
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North African and European Campaigns
The SAAF squadron which found and then photographed Auschwitz concentration camp. Mosquito XVI of No
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February News from the RBL
Below are this months news articles from the Royal British Legion. Premier League Clubs support the
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Forgotten Valour
Do take a little time to read this. With the SS Mendi remembrance parades coming up this w
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How to wear your poppy
The Royal British Legion has created this video on the correct way to wear a poppy. With Pride. &
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SA Veterans to march in Cenotaph Parade
Remembrance Day Special: SA Veterans to march past Cenotaph in main parade! On 10 November 2013 we w
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The Two Minute Silence
Origins of the Two Minute Silence. Throughout the Great War, whenever South African Troops suffer
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Battle of the Menin Road
By Filip Debergh On 20 September 1917 at 05.40, two regiments, the 3rd and the 4th South African Inf
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Schools pay tribute to South African WW1 soldiers at Tyne Cot
Courtesy of Filip Debergh We previously posted a report on the reburial of three South African so
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Three South African schools to commemorate fallen countrymen on Tyne Cot Cemetery
Author: Filip DeBergh On 23 Sept. 2011 the remains of 3 South African soldiers
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” A Brilliant Campaign.. ” : Letter written by Captain Trevitt, South African Engineers, during the German South West Africa Campaign ( 1914 – 1915 )
“A Brilliant Campaign “… From a letter written by Captain Trevitt ( South African Engineers
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The New Zealanders’ Farewell to The South Africans
This was written after the South Africans held their position at Deville Woods on the Western
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Delville Wood – Rest, Young Man
Muddy waters mix with blood. The blood of a young man, far from home. Wet, cold, tired, hurt, yet
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SAS President Kruger Parade
The furious seas of February a month to remember the SAS President Kruger and the SS Mendi The South
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Message from the Parade OC Lgr Peter Dickens – SA Legion UK Commonwealth Gates Parade 11/11/2012
Thank you for coming on parade, I really appreciate the effort been made to remember the South Afric
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Remembrance Sunday: The traumas of war that haunt us still
When Caroline Greene unearthed her grandfather’s wartime correspondence, she was stunned to learn
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In Flanders Fields
by Lt Col McCrae, MD: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark
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Remembrance Day
At 11.00 on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 the guns on the Western Front fell silent. The
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The ‘Ode of Remembrance’
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady a
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Dress and Bearing – 11th Nov 2012
By Norman Sander. Legionnaires. Myself and Russ Pearce are working on the parade order
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South African Military Dictionary – Glossary of Military Terms
Created for the benefit of those not always understanding the langauge of a South African sol
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