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DELVILLE WOODLONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE |
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LAST NEWS
School groups planning to visit the South African Memorial please contact us by email or phone a week before your visit.
So that we can make your visit comfortable for students.
LAST UPDATES (24th November 2023)
THE DIARY OF VICTOR JOHN Family tribute to Lance Corporal Victor John CONDON, 3rd South African Infantry |
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EXTRACTS FROM POTCHEFSTROOM to DELVILLE WOOD BY ERNEST SOLOMON |
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EXTRACTS OF RECORDS OF FRANCIS HERBERT COLLINGWOOD - 2nd SAI |
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Last private donations |
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NEW DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD South Africa in World War two by Joel MERVIS - PDF - English texts - 10,7 Mo The South African Naval Forces 1939-1945 by the SA Naval Museum - PDF - English texts - 3,24 Mo |
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VISIT OF THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSIONERS 20th OCTOBER 2022 |
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The booklet "The story of Delville Wood told by letters from the front" (1918) is available on the download page of the website. |
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Memorial Wall Register |
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104th COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 5th JULY 2020 |
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WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 3rd JULY 2020 |
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Profile and characteristics of the SS Mendi |
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103rd COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 7th JULY 2019 |
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Plans and drawings by the Architect in charge of the Museum project, Mr John Alan WYLIE. |
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General W.E.C. TANNER |
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TRIBUTE TO SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS FALLEN AT HESTRUD ON THE 10th AND 11th NOVEMBER 1918 11th NOVEMBER 2018 |
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The last two days of battle of the South African Brigade. |
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Cemeteries & Memorials Updated in 2018 |
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Visit of Mr E. MLAMBO, Chairperson of the Joint standing Committee on Defence in the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa 12th NOVEMBER 2018 |
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Visit of Mr Kgalema MOTLANTHE, former President of South Africa 14th SEPTEMBER 2018 |
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102nd COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 8th JULY 2018 |
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WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 6th JULY 2018 |
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Helmet flashes of South African units in German South West Africa and in German East Africa |
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100th COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 12th JULY 2016 WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 8th JULY 2016 |
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Memorial Wall |
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99th COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 5th JULY 2015 |
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WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 3rd JULY 2015 |
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EXTRACTS FROM ECHOES OF WAR (1915-1918) Memoirs of Geoffrey George LAWRENCE (1st S.A.I.) |
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VISIT OF Dr SAM GULUBE, SOUTH AFRICAN SECRETARY FOR THE DEFENCE 18th NOVEMBER 2014 |
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GRAVE OF PRIVATE BELEZA MYENGWACOMMEMORATIVE MUSEUM OF DELVILLE WOOD |
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VISIT OF H.E. Dr NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION. 4th OCTOBER 2014 |
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98th COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD AND REBURIAL OF PRIVATE BELEZA MYENGWA 6th JULY 2014 |
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WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 4th JULY 2014 |
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TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA 14th DECEMBER 2013 |
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Company Sergeant Major ROBERT FRANCIS RYDER Killed in action in Delville Wood on the 15th July 1916 |
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97th COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD 7th JULY 2013 |
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WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE 5th JULY 2013 |
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REBURIAL OF THREE SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS - TYNE COT 9th JULY 2013 |
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2012 COMMEMORATIONS Arques-la-Bataille Delville Wood |
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British Delville Wood / Longueval Roll of Honour (5966 names) |
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DOWNLOAD SECTION C.W.G.C. booklet - Combat in and over Delville Wood - Delville Wood "floppy map" - Delville Wood booklet - Delville Wood Cemetery "floppy map" - Delville Wood Museum booklet - Ulundi to Delville Wood (biography of Major-General LUKIN) - The story of the 1st Cape Corps - History of the South African Forces in France, 1914-1918 |
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Poem At Delville, by R.E. VERNEDE. |
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Renovation works of the statue of Castor and Pollux |
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The 1st Royal Berkshire in Longueval and Delville Wood - 24th/28th July then 4th/5th August 1916 |
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The 8th Black Watch in Longueval and Delville Wood - 14/21 July 1916 |
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Letter from Lance Corporal Frederick Charles LEE (3rd S.A.I.) |
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Arques-la-Bataille British Cemetery (Pictures gallery) |
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The 66th East Lancashire Division in September-October 1918 |
Battle Honours of the South African Forces - First World War |
Extracts of the memoirs of Arthur Betteridge |
Extracts of the diary of Private Giddy |
Delville Wood covered in snow |
The 9th (Scottish) Division on the 14th July 1916 |
German Infantry in Delville Wood, Longueval and Waterlot Farm |
Some Polo helmet badges - WW2 |
Native Military Corps Roll of Honour - WW2 |
South Africans buried or commemorated in France, 1939-1945 |
The 10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Delville Wood, 20th/21st July 1916 |
South African Roll of Honour HMS Cornwall / HMS Dorsetshire |
1914-1918 Roll of Honour of the South African Heavy Artillery |
South African Delville Wood Rollcall |