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1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army



1st Jan 1918 Reliefs  location map

3rd Jan 1918 Enemy Aircraft  location map

4th Jan 1918 Air Raid  location map

5th Jan 1918 Reliefs Complete  location map

6th Jan 1918 Air Raid  location map

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16th Jan 1918 Orders Issued  location map

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19th Jan 1918 Quiet  location map

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14th Mar 1918 Attack Expected  location map

21st Mar 1918 Germans Launch Attack

23rd Mar 1918 Troops Withdraw

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3rd Apr 1918 In the Line

5th Apr 1918 Divison to be withdrawn

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Those known to have served with

1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment, South African Army

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Hawkes Frederick James . Pte. (d.24th March 1918)
  • Ryan William Walter Daniel. Pte.

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  Pte. Frederick James Hawkes 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Regiment (d.24th March 1918)

Frederick Hawkes was born in Bedford on 15th January 1878, son of George and Rosamund May Hawkes. The 1911 census shows him boarding at 75 Hallam Street, St. Marylebone, London, aged 32 years employed as a Draper in a Silk Department (presume Department Store).

He served with the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry and died on 24th March 1918 aged 40 years on the Somme. He is buried in Hem Farm Military Cemetery, France He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1886-92, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com.

Caroline Hunt






  Pte. William Walter Daniel Ryan D Coy. 1st (Cape of Good Hope) Infantry Regiment

My grandfather, William Walter Daniel Ryan fought in Egypt in Jan 1916. His Regiment was decimated at Delville Wood in France and he was wounded there on 16th Jul 1916. He was evacuated to England for medical treatment, returning to his Regiment in Belgium in early 1917. He was wounded in the right arm near Frezenburg as part of the 3rd Battle of Ypres on 20th Sept 1917 and again evacuated to England for medical treatment. On his way home to Cape Town after medical discharge, their ship, Galway Castle, was torpedoed on 16th Sept 1918 and he was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean. He did eventually reach Cape Town after the war on 10th Dec 1918. Recipient of the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Michael Ryan






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