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Category Archives: Roll of Honour
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
George Henry Rosser (1885–1916)
6011 Private George Henry Rosser (1885–1916) 2/South African Infantry Regiment Died in Fulham, 23 July 1916, of severe wounds received on 11 July at The Somme. We’d planned, yesterday, also to look for the grave of Private George Henry Rosser, … Continue reading
In search of Corporal John Smith of Galashiels
In my post Gala Remembered I was unable to do more than hazard a guess as to which of seven Smiths with the initial J, listed on the CWGC database as serving with the South African Forces, could be a … Continue reading
South Africa’s Roll of Honour for the First World War
Find My Past has released the South African Roll of Honour for the First World War. The date range is given as “1914–1918” so I set out to check whether those who died while on active service between 1 January 1919 … Continue reading
South Africa Remembers 