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Remembering Battle of Delville Wood

Remembering Battle of Delville Wood

Date: 2017-07-21

Delville Wood Commemorative Service was held on Sunday 16th July 2017 at the Cenotaph, Farewell Square, Durban City Hall. This 101-year old commemoration remembers the epic and bloody Battle of Delville Wood fought during the period 15 - 20 July 1916.

Seen in the photograph Kevin Jordan (Glenwood Boys' High School), Lt Colonel Bryan Dore (whose uncle, Leslie Dore, was one of the few walking wounded to emerge from Delville Wood), Warrant Officer Class 2 Marius Swartz (Bandmaster, South African Band KZN) and Udo Averweg (South African Military History Society, KwaZulu-Natal Branch).