Member news and articles
Michael Pesek – article on German War Crimes in East Africa during WW1; Magdelene von Prins
Brian Tarpey – Captain James Fredrick ELLISON M.C., D.C.M, R.M.L.I
Peter Dickens of the South African League on the South African flag used during World War 1
Kathie Satchwell on South Africans in Delville Wood (an audio account 53mins long)
Medical Project update
Transcribed reports by Dr WW Pike on the medical services in East Africa are now available online. The reports cover British East Africa and German East Africa. Further links are constantly being added to the document.
If you have any additional information, articles or other relevant discoveries, please get in touch or complete the online form.
Legion of Frontiersmen
The LoF archive which is held at the University of Alberta in Canada has recently launched the online catalogue. It can be found in the Bruce Peel Special Collection.
Memorials
The Nigerian CWGC memorial has been reinstated in Abuja after a long absence
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has updated its ways of communicating. To subscribe to the new mailing list etc, visit http://eepurl.com/cWN3mn
Other bits of interest
South African World War 1 VC awards with more of the ceremony here
Diversity House in Sittingbourne, Kent is having a hands-on workshop on Friday 27 October in Maidstone. Come and share your World War 1 Africa stories and/or explore the lives of others who experienced the war a hundred years ago. GWAA will be there.