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Author: Elrich Marais

Cape Coloured Corps

Apr 16, 2020 Elrich Marais

The name popularly applied to the Cape Coloured Corps men or ‘Pandours’ was originally raised by the Dutch East India…

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Call on families of Heroes of Battle of Square Hill to Unite

Mar 14, 2020 Elrich Marais

Article was published in the Southern Mail Newspaper: The South African Cape Corps Regimental Association will be celebrating its 100th…

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Remembering Square Hill – the Cap Corps at Megiddo, September 1918

Mar 12, 2020 Elrich Marais

Written by Leon Engelbrecht -20th Sep 20109127 Once upon a time, a battle was fought in a Biblical land.1 A great…

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The Battle Of Square Hill

Mar 11, 2020 Elrich Marais

The heroism of the men of the Cape Corps during the Battle of Square Hill more than a century ago…

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Battle of Square Hill fallen honoured by South African Legion United Kingdom

Elrich Marais

RICHMOND UPON THAMES – The England Branch of the South African Legion United Kingdom and Europe Region hosted the inaugural…

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