Browsing New Contree by Subject "World War I"
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A tale of two graves: a biography of Lance Corporal Wijnand “Victor” Hamman, 1893-1917
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)The biography of Lance-Corporal Wijnand “Vic” Hamman is quite unique in comparison to the stories of his peers who fought with him in the trenches during the First World War (1914-1918). This statement rests on the fact ... -
“Wipe out the Vons!” The Pietermaritzburg Citizens Vigilance Committee and the sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The Pietermaritzburg Citizens Vigilance Committee was an extra legal body which discovered disloyal persons of German extraction in the city following the riots caused by the German torpedoing of the British passenger ...