South Africa, WWI

1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
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 known grave have been recognized with a memorial more than a century later.
South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 men worked in dangerous and gruelling non-combatant roles in East Africa but until now, they had no known grave or commemoration.
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a 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 known grave have been recognized with a memorial more than 100 years later
Princess Royal says black African servicemen who died for Britain will finally be commemorated
Many of those killed in the First World War had gone unacknowledged with bereaved relatives given little or no information about their fate
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