South African
More than 20,000 South African servicemen and women are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The South African forces played important roles throughout both world wars. Famed for the role at Delville Wood, the South Africans fought in Europe and Africa in both conflicts, serving on land, sea, and air. Tell us their stories.
Private Thomas Cecil Bird, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry - he died of shell gas on the Somme
Private Walter Eugene Sweetnam, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry - died in German captivity
Corporal William Robert Hood Rankin 3510, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
Corporal Alexander Lawrence Kelly 84, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
Lance Corporal Adam Valentine 8019, D Company, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
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