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Ep. 125 – The 1914-5 Campaign in German SW Africa – Antonio Garcia
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Antonio Garcia talks about his recent book on the South African campaign against German South West Africa in 1914/5 (published by Helion).
12 April 1917: L/Cpl. William Holland
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Parents Henry and Hannah (née Jopp) of 27 Eaton Rise, Ealing. Grandson of General H W Holland. Educated at Tonbridge. Employed on the staff of the London County & Westminster Bank and subsequently on the staff of the National Bank of South Africa. In September 1911 he left banking and joined the Transvaal Scottish Regiment in Johannesb…
29 June 1918 : Lieut. Reginald Edward Guise M.C.
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Reginald, the son of Rivett Francis Guise (Deputy Inspector-General, Indian Police) and Mary Elizabeth Maud (née Boissier) was also the great-grandson of Sir John Wright, a distinguished military man of the French War in Egypt, Hanover on the Peninsula, where he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallant conduct at Fuentes d’Ogor, Salamanca and V…