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Cape Colony, British [1]

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Corporal [57]

Serjeant [28]

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Driver [6]

Captain [2]

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Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1826]

Cape Corps [55]

Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps [8]

Cape Coloured Labour Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [1]

H M S Trent Royal Navy [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales Company [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South African Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1]

South African Field Ambulance [1]

South African Field Artillery [1]

South African Field Telegraph Corps [1]

South African Infantry [1]

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British Army [1811]

South African Services [17]

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S [208]

A [152]

M [148]

J [140]

P [128]

B [113]

H [111]

D [107]

W [107]

C [94]

L [77]

F [75]

R [67]

V [58]

G [54]

K [53]

T [37]

E [27]

O [25]

N [21]

I [16]

Y [4]

U [3]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1828]

Country

South Africa [1]

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People [1828] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cape Colony, British [1]

Rank

Private [1706] Corporal [57] Serjeant [28] Lance Corporal [22] Driver [6] Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Corporal [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Labourer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

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Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1826] Cape Corps [55] Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps [8] Cape Coloured Labour Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [1] H M S Trent Royal Navy [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Prince of Wales Company [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South African Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1] South African Field Ambulance [1] South African Field Artillery [1] South African Field Telegraph Corps [1] South African Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [1811] South African Services [17]

Last name first letter

S [208] A [152] M [148] J [140] P [128] B [113] H [111] D [107] W [107] C [94] L [77] F [75] R [67] V [58] G [54] K [53] T [37] E [27] O [25] N [21] I [16] Y [4] U [3] Z [3]

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Military Service [1828]

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South Africa [1]

Johannes Witbooi

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 6280 Private Cape Corps

British Army 1338 Labourer Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Willie Peter Harris

Died 1919

British Army 49 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Abraham Davids

Died 1919

British Army 1239 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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Michael Abrams

Died 1918

British Army 1795 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Dyason

Died 1919

South African Services 769 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Thomas George Renicke Kay

Died 1918

South African Services 330 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry T Berryman

British Army 7433 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 205166 Acting Corporal Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7251462 Acting Corporal Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Arthur Therdore Bray

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 42nd Battalion

British Army Colonel Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 42nd Battalion

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Pollo

British Army Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 691 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Mashem

British Army Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 3575 Lance Corporal Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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S Thompson

British Army 93 Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 1515 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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D Mosala

British Army 412 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 1810 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Abrams

British Army Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1461 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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Van Hooven

British Army Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 763 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Spaulo

British Army Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 733 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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W Africa

British Army 1758 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st Battalion

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D Rose

British Army 1296 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

British Army 1296 Private Cape Coloured Labour Corps

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W T Stellenberg

British Army 985 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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S Martin

British Army 1871 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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G Royne

British Army 1264 Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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