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14879
NEG.No:Q79995
whole: MODEL
design: soldiers, South African infantrymen, exhausted and wounded, standing in a shell-shattered wood, cheering the arrival, left, of
South African infantry reinforcements
text: "WHO SAID THEY'D DESERTED US?" (upper edge above design) & "We said, but we bow our heads in shame, THINNER AND THINNER our ranks
have grown, Our name of pride will be but a name, And strangers shall reap where we have sown. But now, they will stand where we have
stood, SPRINGBOK BRIGADE in the nation's sight Resisting the evil unto blood - WHO TALK OF FREEDOM FOR FREEDOM FIGHT. ELEANOR ALEXANDER
[Adapted]" & (lower left edge): "A.HOLLAND." | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 3 GB.I & South African Brigade empire / commonwealth 9th (Scottish) Division & South African Brigade South African Home Front & (?) 1915 British Army recruiting | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Holland, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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