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1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army 1st Jan 1918 Reliefs   3rd Jan 1918 Enemy Aircraft   4th Jan 1918 Air Raid   5th Jan 1918 Reliefs Complete   6th Jan 1918 Air Raid   7th Jan 1918 Quiet   8th Jan 1918 Harassing Fire   10th Jan 1918 Orders Issued   11th Jan 1918 Prisoner   12th Jan 1918 Shelling   13th Jan 1918 Enemy Artillery   14th Jan 1918 Frosty   16th Jan 1918 Poor Conditions   16th Jan 1918 Orders Issued   17th Jan 1918 Shelling   18th Jan 1918 Attack Planned   19th Jan 1918 Quiet   20th Jan 1918 Orders   21st Jan 1918 Shelling   22nd Jan 1918 Some Shelling   23rd Jan 1918 Raid   24th Jan 1918 Relief   25th Jan 1918 Fog   26th Jan 1918 Prisoner   27th Jan 1918 Orders Received 28th Jan 1918 Shelling   31st Jan 1918 Orders   1st Feb 1918 Foggy   2nd Feb 1918 Reliefs Complete   3rd Feb 1918 Cleaning up   4th Feb 1918 Training   5th Feb 1918 Training   6th Feb 1918 Training   6th Feb 1918 Memorial Service   8th Feb 1918 Training   9th Feb 1918 Training   10th Feb 1918 Training   11th Feb 1918 Training   12th Feb 1918 Training   13th Feb 1918 Training   14th Feb 1918 Training   15th Feb 1918 Training   16th Feb 1918 On the Move   18th Feb 1918 Inspection   19th Feb 1918 Training   20th Feb 1918 Training   21st Feb 1918 Training   14th Mar 1918 Attack Expected   21st Mar 1918 Germans Launch Attack 23rd Mar 1918 Troops Withdraw 24th Mar 1918 Wood Shelled   3rd Apr 1918 In the Line 5th Apr 1918 Divison to be withdrawn If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army? There are:52 items tagged 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army during the Great War 1914-1918. Hawkes Frederick James . Pte. (d.24th March 1918) Ryan William Walter Daniel. Pte. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army from other sources. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Frederick James Hawkes 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Regiment (d.24th March 1918) Frederick Hawkes was born in Bedford on 15th January 1878, son of George and Rosamund May Hawkes. The 1911 census shows him boarding at 75 Hallam Street, St. Marylebone, London, aged 32 years employed as a Draper in a Silk Department (presume Department Store). He served with the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry and died on 24th March 1918 aged 40 years on the Somme. He is buried in Hem Farm Military Cemetery, France He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1886-92, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com. Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Pte. William Walter Daniel Ryan D Coy. 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment My grandfather, William Walter Daniel Ryan fought in Egypt in Jan 1916. His Regiment was decimated at Delville Wood in France and he was wounded there on 16th Jul 1916. He was evacuated to England for medical treatment, returning to his Regiment in Belgium in early 1917. He was wounded in the right arm near Frezenburg as part of the 3rd Battle of Ypres on 20th Sept 1917 and again evacuated to England for medical treatment. On his way home to Cape Town after medical discharge, their ship, Galway Castle, was torpedoed on 16th Sept 1918 and he was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean. He did eventually reach Cape Town after the war on 10th Dec 1918. Recipient of the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Michael Ryan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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