THE commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood on Saturday at Thaba Tshwane New ... in the Battle of the Somme and attempts to take over Longueval and Delville Wood, in France, ...

South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday inaugurated a new memorial wall at the site of the Battle of Delville Wood where some 3,000 citizens fell in July 1916. "We are here to honour in ...

By March of 1915 over a hundred players had joined, including England international Frank Buckley. The battalion suffered heavy losses at Delville and nearby at Guillemont. Among those lost was Oscar.

Uniformed military dignitaries and veterans of World War 1 have paraded in the Company's Garden in Cape Town to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Delville Wood.

Delville Wood was destroyed to the extent that only one tree remained when the war ended in November 1918. Photographs show a scarred landscape, the shelled turf scattered in huge clumps. It ...

Men of the 4th South African Infantry Regiment take a rest along a road. (Delville Wood Museum) In a way by standing still and paying quiet tribute to these men who died in brutal chaos, even if just ...

As the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme is commemorated, the Indian army also has good reason for remembrance. Two Indian regiments took part in the first and only cavalry charge of the ...

Acts of remembrance have taken place in France marking the start of the Battle of the Somme 90 years ago. The 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) Divisions were in the thick of the battle between 1 July ...

Deputy Minister of Defence Mluleki George will attend the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence said on. Search. Welcome. Login; ...