Mike J Chapman
A South African Soldier of the Great War
The headstone for a South African soldier whose remains could not be identified.
This headstone bears the four standard elements for one where it was not possible to identify the name and unit of the soldier, or the date of death:
(1) The Springbok emblem
(2) The words "A South African Soldier of the Great War
(3) The Christian Cross
(4) The words "Known Unto God" first used by Rudyard Kipling (who lost his own son in in WW1)
See also: www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/61100/DELVILLE%20WO...
Delville Wood Cemetery
Saturday 31 March 2012
A South African Soldier of the Great War
The headstone for a South African soldier whose remains could not be identified.
This headstone bears the four standard elements for one where it was not possible to identify the name and unit of the soldier, or the date of death:
(1) The Springbok emblem
(2) The words "A South African Soldier of the Great War
(3) The Christian Cross
(4) The words "Known Unto God" first used by Rudyard Kipling (who lost his own son in in WW1)
See also: www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/61100/DELVILLE%20WO...
Delville Wood Cemetery
Saturday 31 March 2012