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Carabiniers remembered at Kimberly Gate, Chelsea
LONDON – On Sunday 2 December the South African L
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SA Legionnaires join parade at London Cenotaph to mark 100 years since Armistice
WHITEHALL, LONDON – Around 40 Legionnaires from aroun
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South African Veterans’ Armistice Day Parade
The Richmond Armistice Day service was held on 10 Novem
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SA Legion UK & EU Formal Mess Ball and Annual Awards Dinner 2018
SOUTHGATE, LONDON – The second Formal Mess Ball of th
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Battle of Square Hill Centenary Service and Parade 2018
RICHMOND UPON THAMES – The England Branch of the Sout
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Airborne March, Arnhem, the Netherlands, 2018
On Saturday 1 September 2018, the 72nd edition of the A
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BSAP memorial Service, National Memorial Arboretum
On Sunday 22 July 2018, in bright sunshine reminiscent
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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
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Last Post Ceremony, Menin Gate, Ypres
Every evening at 20:00 sharp, ever since 1928, the sole
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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 we
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The Legion and Albie Gotze’s Legion d’Honneur
At a ceremony held in Cape Town on the 13th February 20
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SS Mendi Remembrance, Noordwijk, 21 February 2018
At 11 am on Wednesday February 21 2018, the South Afric
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SA Legion Medal Parade follows RHC Carabiniers Memorial
A small group of Legionnaires and Moths attended the Ob
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SA Legion UK & Europe Inaugural Ball and Awards Dinner – 16 September 2017
The inaugural SA Legion UK & Europe Annual Ball &am
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Legionnaires complete Marching for Others Three-Point Challenge
LONDON – Members of the SA Legion UK & Europe
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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 e
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Raising Funds for Veterans in Need – Marching for Others: Three-Point Challenge
The Event link is here. The recent storm and floods tha
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Battle of Square Hill fallen honoured by South African Legion
RICHMOND UPON THAMES – The England Branch of the Sout
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SA Legion Donates ‘Marching For Others’ funds towards Knysna Fires Relief
Following successful completion of the 200km fundraisin
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South African Legion 100 year commemorative plaque placed on SS Mendi
Amidst the South African Nation celebrating the success
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Fundraising Target reached in the March for Others
The South African Legion conquered the 101st Four Days
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Founders Day 2017 – The Royal Hospital Chelsea
Founders Day – The Royal Hospital Chelsea After his d
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South African Nation-Building Commemoration
South African Nation-Building Commemoration: a tribute
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HMS Sheffield – Sunk 4th May 1982, Falklands War
HMS Sheffield (D80) was a 4100 ton Type 42 destroyer, l
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SA Legion presents shield to RBL Clapham Club at Q2 2017 meeting
Another quarterly committee meeting (11th/03), another
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SS Mendi – England Centenary Commemoration 2017
The centenary parade to mark the loss of the SS Mend
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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 Leg
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SS Mendi and Armed Forces Day, Noordwijk 2017
The centenary of the sinking of the SS Mendi, as well a
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Ex ZIPRA fighter regrets downing Rhodesian Viscounts
By Shine Moyo, Special Correspondent Mapotos: A
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Following the productive quarterly committee mee
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THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS OF LAKE UMSINGAZI By
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
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Thiepval – End of Battle Somme Ceremony
Event Gallery here. THIEPVAL, France – Friday 18 Nove
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SA Legion Shield Award at Royal Hospital Chelsea
Shield Award After attending the Carabiniers Boer War c
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Carabinier Boer War Remembrance 2016
The remembrance service with the South African Legion a
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Interview with National President Lgr. Godfrey Giles
2015 Interview with Legionnaire Godfrey Giles. Quite a
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Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke CB, CBE – Founder of modern special forces
Did you know that a South African was instrument
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South Africans Commonwealth War Casualties buried across the World – Part One
South Africans participated in almost every theatre
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Pro Nazi movements in WW2 South Africa
The Ossewabrandwag History is always a three way prism.
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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
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The youngest recipient of the George Medal
Today we have a heartwarming story of a forgotten heroi
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South African Seaward Defence Force Anti-submarine Flotilla, WW2
We remember the flotilla of South African whalers conve
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Steve Stevens, DFC (SAAF Beaufighter Pilot)
Steve Stevens, DFC, is frail, bedridden and in pain. Ho
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Chairman’s Speech, South African Legion – UK and Europe AGM
Ladies and Gentlemen, for those that were unable to att
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Cenotaph Parade – London, England 2015
More Images can be seen here. Published by Peter A. Dic
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South African Air Force 34 Squadron Liberator
A South African Air Force 34 Squadron Liberator
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Captured Soviet manufactured PMZ-4 Mine-layer
In case you are wondering why Angola is one of t
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Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate
A little snippet of relatively unknown South Afr
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Gerard Ross Norton VC MM (7 September 1915 – 29 October 2004)
Celebrating true South African heroes and here i
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Acting Lieutenant Colonel Jack Sherwood Kelly, VC CMG DSO
SOUTH AFRICAN HEROES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: ACT
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South African Legion Club Durban and District Branch
South African Legion Club Durban and District Br
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Rhodesian African Rifles Memorial unveiling 19 Jul 2015.
Some time back SAL-UK was invited to attend the unveili
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Benoni: 99th Commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood
About 100 Military Veterans and friends gathered at the
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Legionnaire, Moth, Signalman Malcolm Dirk Kriel
Friday 24 July 2015 Charles Ross attended the Memorial
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Jackie Moggridge – South African ATA Pilot
Jackie Moggridge, (born Dolores Theresa “Jackie&#
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South Africans in the Italian Campaign WW2
Famous LIFE colour photo from the Battle of Monte Cassi
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Reconciliation – Armed Insurrection
It would be incorrect to say that South African Legion
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Sinking of the Arniston – 200th Anniversary
Images by Peter Napier 200 YEARS SINCE THE SINKING OF T
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Palmietkuil South War Cemetery and Memorial
PALMIETKUIL SOUTH WAR CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, SPRINGS, S
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Pretoria Medal Presentation Ceremony
PRETORIA MEDAL PRESENTATION CEREMONYSaturday 14 March 2
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Vergaan SS Mendi herdacht – Bo, de omroep van de Bollenstreek
Noordwijk – Met een dienst in de kapel van de Alg
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SABC News – Mendi heroes remembered on two continents :Sunday 22 February 2015
For the first time, a memorial service for the hundreds
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Remembering the South African Navy Frigate, SAS President Kruger.
The SAS President Kruger was a frigate of the South Afr
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Grand President – The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)
South African Legion of Military Veterans press
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Richmond – South African Hospital 1916 and Richmond Military Cemetary
This is just to demonstrate a small piece of the work o
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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
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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,
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Capt. Edwin Swales VC – a true South African WW2 hero
Another notable South African hero and Victoria
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South Africans in one of the most bitter battles ever – Cassino
Rare image of South Africans in combat during on
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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
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MS Oceanos – South African military bravery on the high seas
The tragedy of the MS Oceanos can be regarded as
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Was Guy Gibson shot down by Friendly Fire?
(First published in the Daily Mail in October 2011 by J
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WW1 South African standing sentry in the trenches
Very rare photo of South Africans in the frontline tren
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Bob Kershaw – a South African war hero
Lieutenant Robert Harold Carlisle Kershaw DSO, DFC beca
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Sir Quintin Brand KBE, DSO, MC, DFC – World War 1
Brand was born in Beaconsfield (now part
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Rommel inspects South African and British POW’s after Tobruk falls
Collated by Peter Dickens Fascinating and uncommon phot
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The tragedy of the SS Mendi – South Africa’s greatest wartime loss
Collated by Peter Dickens On 21 February 1917
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WW2 South African soldier standing proud guarding Waterkloof AFB
A rare and wonderful original colour WW2 photo of a pro
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South African Battle of Britain hero and WW2 Fighter Ace – “Dutch” Hugo
Group Captain P H “Dutch” Hugo (left), Comm
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84th Congress of the South African Legion of Military Veterans
A very successful 84th Congress of the South Afr
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Rare original colour photo of a SAAF spitfire during WW2
South African Air Force in Gabes in Tunisia April 1943
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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
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Military Honours for Cmdt Johann Du Randt
Commandant Johann Christiaan Du Randt (Artillery Observ
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Rare photo of a SAAF Canadair CL-13B Sabre Mk VI
Never before published photograph of 11 Squadron Canada
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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
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As Narrated by a Territorial Soldier in Rhodesia
A personal account by a Territorial Rhodesian Soldier&#
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Military Cross for Southern African Royal Marine
A Southern African who won the Military Cross for outst
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Private Beleza rests in a home fit for heroes
This article was published in the Cape Argus on
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The New Zealanders` Farewell to the South Africans
This was written after the South Africans held their po
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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
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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
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Bucaneer 416 – Restoration Project Visitors
Both these photos reflects historical occasions.
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6th Armoured Division in the ‘soft underbelly’
If anything this image shows us just how tough i
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South Africa’s WW1 Victoria Cross Winner
Honouring South African heroes and this is one of South
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North African and European Campaigns
The SAAF squadron which found and then photographed Aus
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Schools pay tribute to South African WW1 soldiers at Tyne Cot
Courtesy of Filip Debergh We previously posted a rep
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Three South African schools to commemorate fallen countrymen on Tyne Cot Cemetery
Author: Filip DeBergh On 23 Sept.
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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
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The New Zealanders’ Farewell to The South Africans
This was written after the South Africans held t
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Newsletter
The CWGC March 2013 newsletter features the SS Mendi Pa
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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
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Remembrance Sunday: The traumas of war that haunt us still
When Caroline Greene unearthed her grandfather’s wart
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South African Military Dictionary – Glossary of Military Terms
Created for the benefit of those not always unde
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