'Downright disgrace' - fears for Kirklees' war graves as plans to reuse burial space cause outcry
Proposals to reuse graves have been branded a “downright disgrace” by a Kirklees councillor, as fears grow over the future of ...
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South Africa: Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
The 1,700 carefully constructed brown wooden carvings are standing in a line. These structures represent a new Commonwealth ...
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The World War Two soldier buried without his brain
The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.
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Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
The 1,700 carefully constructed brown wooden carvings are standing in a line. These structures represent a new Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial, which honors the contribution of the ...
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The World War Two soldier buried without his brain
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission recently agreed to accept Donnie's brain and spinal cord samples from the Max Planck Institute and reunite them with the remains already buried at their ...
Anne lays wreath to honour black South African labourers in First World War
The Princess Royal said the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial is ‘a reminder of a shared but sometimes difficult past’.
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
The memorial finally rights a historical wrong, said the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the British organization that looks after war graves and built the new memorial in Cape Town's oldest ...
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Princess Royal to honour sacrifices of black South Africans in First World War
The King’s sister has travelled to South Africa for a two-day visit and will perform the ceremony in her role as president of ...
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South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
Princess Anne, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), unveiled the memorial at a moving ceremony attended by relatives of the dead. In 2021, the UK apologised after a report ...
New Haven Register11d
Long forgotten, Black servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial in South Africa
The memorial finally rights a historical wrong, said the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the British organization that looks after war graves and built the new memorial in Cape Town's oldest ...
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After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
The memorial finally rights a historical wrong, said the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the British organization that looks after war graves and built the new memorial in Cape Town's oldest ...