The Associated Press on MSN9d
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI honored with memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
Military Times8d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.
Washington Times9d
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with a memorial featuring 1,772 names. An inscription ...
Times Union9d
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
After the war, they were not recognized because of the racial policies of British colonialism and then South Africa's apartheid regime. The memorial finally rights a historical wrong, said the ...