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Herbert Rose
10126 Private Herbert Rose, 4/SAIR (The South African Scottish), Enlisted aged 15. Grievously wounded in the Battle of Marrières Wood; Died of tuberculosis, 29 May 1919, at the South African Military Hospital, Richmond. Buried in the South African War Graves … Continue reading
Posted in 9th Scottish Division, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Delville Wood, First South African Infantry Brigade, German Spring Offensive, Kaiserschlacht, Marrières Wood, Military Hospitals, Scottish Regiments, South African Military Hospital Richmond
Tagged 4/SAIR, Alexander Peffers, Alexander Skeen Rose, Alexander Skene Rose, Embo Mains, Glencorse Military Hospital, Heather Aubrey Daniel, Herbert Rose, James Bookless, Jane Bookless, Jeanie Bookless, John Alexander Rose, Marrières Wood, Marseilles Ladybrand, Oldhamstocks, The South African Scottish Regiment
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Edward William Deutschmann (1889–1918)
13742 Private Edward William Deutschmann 2/South African Infantry Regiment. Killed in action 12 April 1918, Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Edward William Deutschmann lost his life just under three weeks after the death of his cousin, Herbert William … Continue reading
Herbert William Deutschmann (1892–1918)
10271 Private Herbert William Deutschmann, serving as H.W. Maconochie,4/South African Infantry Regiment (“The South African Scottish”)formerly 5555 2/SAIR.Killed in Action, 24 March 2018,during the South Africans’ magnificent stand in the Kaiserschlacht;Commemorated on the Pozières Memorial. I first came across Herbert’s … Continue reading
An incomplete tale of three Deutschmann servicemen
On a visit to the Scottish National War Memorial in 2018, on the trail of those Scots I have researched who are commemorated on War Memorials outwith Scotland, I spent some time in its Section M. In this section you … Continue reading
Cecil Stanley Groves (1899–1918)
16650 Private Cecil Stanley Groves, 1/South African Infantry Regiment. Killed in Action, 23/24 March 1918, Commemorated on The Pozières Memorial. This death is personal; Stanley is my great uncle. I am posting his story a day early because one … Continue reading
During the years following her withdrawal from the Commonwealth, South Africa was not officially represented at the annual National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, although throughout the long years of isolation, South African veterans were able to participate in the march past of ex-servicemen which … Continue reading
South Africa Remembers 