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Jack H Allies

May 5, 2020 Elrich Marais

Jack Allies joined the South African Coloured Boy Scouts as Signaller Instructor. He subsequently took the oath and was promoted…

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Remembering South Africa’s Fallen Soldiers

May 7, 2020 Elrich Marais

In this article, LSE PhD student Rishika Yadav elaborates on her experience at a memorial service for the Cape Corps,…

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Where it all began

Apr 16, 2020 Elrich Marais

According to South Africa History Online in September 1915, the Union of South Africa Government offered to raise an infantry…

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Cape Coloured Corps

Elrich Marais

In 1806, with the return of the British, new terms of capitulation laid down that the battalion could march to…

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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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