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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). Your browser does not support the audio element.
12 April 1917: L/Cpl. William Lennox Farquharson Holland
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William Holland was born on 3 September 1885 in the Bombay Presidency. His parents were Henry and Hannah (née Jopp) of 27 Eaton Rise, Ealing. He was the grandson of General H W Holland. William was educated at Tonbridge School. Employed on the staff of the London County & Westminster Bank and subsequently on the staff of the National Bank o...
29 June 1918 : Lieut. Reginald Edward Guise M.C.
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Reginald Guise was born in Cuttack, India 30 October 1896, the son of Rivett Francis Guise (Deputy Inspector-General, Indian Police) and Mary Elizabeth Maud (née Boissier). He 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...
The Great War in West Africa 1914 -1916 by Christopher Mellor-Hill
Christopher Mellor-Hill returns to the branch to give a presentation entitled The Great War in West Africa 1914 -1916. This is the story of campaigns that were usually small in size but significant in their impact by destroying the outposts of the German Empire This meeting will be held in Cobham. Members of The Western Front Association and no...