Colonel Piet Schoeman, Waterval-Boven
Members of the 4th South African Regiment marching on the Somme, July 1916
Colonel Piet Schoeman, Waterval-Boven
Members of the 4th South African Regiment marching on the Somme, July 1916
Colonel Piet Schoeman, Waterval-Boven
The small French village of Cappy on the Somme (circa 1916), which was visited by the 4th South African Regiment
John Masefield, The Old Front Line
Troops moving to the front during the summer of 1916
John Masefield, The Old Front Line
British artillery transport crossing a trench bridge onto the Bapaume Road
Colonel Piet Schoeman, Waterval-Boven
Members of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade on 14 July 1916, before going into Delville Wood. Private P.P.J. Grobler is marked with an X
The Somme: Volume I. The First Battle of the Somme (1916–1917)
All that was left of Delville Wood after the battle
John Buchan, The History of the South African Forces in France
Lieutenant-Colonel F.A. Jones, killed at Bernafay Wood
John Buchan, The History of the South African Forces in France
Brigadier-General W.E.C. Tanner, who led the South African attack on Delville Wood
John Buchan, The History of the South African Forces in France
Lieutenant-Colonel E.T. Thackeray, who took over from Tanner in Delville Wood when the latter was wounded
C.P. Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn
The late Mr William Thorne in 1974, a survivor of the fierce battle of Delville Wood
John Buchan, The Battle of the Somme
Coming and going on the Fricourt–Contalmaison Road, July 1916
John Buchan, The Battle of the Somme
A trench at Ovillers, July 1916
John Buchan, The Battle of the Somme
Troops getting ready to go up to the front line
Frank H. Simonds, History of the World War
A raiding party going over the parapets to attack German trenches
Colonel Piet Schoeman, Waterval-Boven
A group of convalescing patients and nursing staff at a military hospital (probably Richmond). The soldier marked with an X is James Gabriel (Jimmy) Brown, of the 4th South African Regiment
John Masefield, The Old Front Line
Sleighs were used to convey the wounded through the mud
John Buchan, The Battle of the Somme
Machine-gunners in action wearing their gas masks
South African Library
Sergeant-Major Reginald Smith with men from the South African Native Labour Contingent in France