SS MENDI COMMEMORATED
Today we spoke to Commander Brian Stockton from the South African Navy about the commemoration of the SS Mendi.
The SS Mendi sailed from South Africa on 19 Januray, and was carrying the South African Native Labour corps on their way to France in 1917, in the early hours of 21 February the SS Mendi sank with no warning or signal taking with her the crew of 616 soldiers. The majority of the men who died on the Mendi have no known graves and are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton.
The commemoration will take place in England in the month of July
The SS Mendi sailed from South Africa on 19 Januray, and was carrying the South African Native Labour corps on their way to France in 1917, in the early hours of 21 February the SS Mendi sank with no warning or signal taking with her the crew of 616 soldiers. The majority of the men who died on the Mendi have no known graves and are commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton.
The commemoration will take place in England in the month of July
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