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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...