Tea party photoshoot I had with my daughter just before I cleared out of the #SANavy.

SA Naval Heritage Day-by-Day. 7 July:.1810 A British force of 3 650 troops escorted by five frigates land at six places on the French Island of Mauritius. 1943 The British MV Leana - 4,743 tons - is sunk by a U-boat in the Mozambique Channel. 1980 The Strike Craft Flotilla is.

24 Squadron SAAF Boston at RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Wingfield.

27 Sqn SAAF Vickers Warwick GR Mk V

Kaalfontein Station, Transvaal, 1904📷.Kaalfontein was established in the mid-1800s as a farm, first registered in 1859 by J.J. van der Merwe. The Kaalfontein railway station was built in 1890 as part of the line connecting Pretoria to Johannesburg, playing a key role during the

22 Squadron SAAF Ventura's on the flight line at RAF North Front Airfield, Gibralter

61 Squadron SAAF Lockheed Lodestar VIP Ferry Flight

Regiment Botha.New name.General Botha Regiment

Boarder duty .I am resuming on the border with Mozambique

Graves of English soldiers on the farm Osfontein between Philippolis and Springfontein. Photo credit: Jens Friis

Looks like a family day

1 Squadron Armourer's in the process of re-arming a Hawker Hurricane in the Western Desert.

SA Naval Heritage Day-by-Day. 6 July:.1941 LT A.C. Matson hands command of HMSAS Southern Isles (T29) to Lt J.C. Netterberg. 1943 The British vessel Jasper Park - 7,129 tons - and the Greek Hydraios - 4,476 tons - are sunk by U198 east of Maputo. 1944 In a follow-up to the attack

WWII uncovered: Flying Officer Albert Gerald Lewis of the RAF -Ace in a Day - Twice.Albert Gerald Lewis left his birth country of South Africa to join the RAF at the age of 20 years old. Tagged with the call name "Zulu" - Lewis shot down at least 18 Luftwaffe fighters-including,

Private look-out in Ladysmith, 1900📷.During the siege, civilians played a crucial role alongside British troops in defending the 22.5 km perimeter of this strategically vital town in the Second Anglo-Boer War. Approximately 7,500 civilians were trapped with the garrison, many

Our Boer War pictures come to life with AI

July 1900 - Dunottar Castle. Returning from the Boer War on the RMS Dunottar Castle, July 1900. Standing L-R: Sir Byron Leighton, Claud Grenfel, Major Frederick Russell Burnham, Captain Gordon Forbes, Abe Bailey (his son John would marry Diana Churchill in 1932), next two