SOUTH AFRICAN DELVILLE WOOD MEMORIAL
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A national memorial to South Africans recalling the South African contribution to the resolution of century conflicts.
As a Commonwealth troop, the First South African Infantry Brigade took part in the Battle of the Somme. These soldiers were engaged in the capture of Delville Wood, which they dubbed Devil's Wood. The 3,200 who were involved were truly caught up in a hell that left only 143 survivors. Around this battlefield were built the South African National Memorial, a museum (a replica of Cape Town Fort, a reminder of South Africa's contribution to conflict resolution in the 20th century) and a necropolis, two-thirds of whose tombs contain remains that could not be identified. Since 2016, there is also a garden and a wall of remembrance with all the names of South African soldiers who died during the Great War. Every year, in mid-July, a commemorative ceremony is held there.
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