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“Demons below the surface”: The Enigma of Aubrey Faulkner
Aubrey Faulkner was one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of Test cricket but has received little attention from historians. He was a complex man about whom little is known, yet whose success on the cricket field possibly disguised several demons.https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/demons-below-the-surface-the-enigma-of-aubrey-faulkner/
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“Demons below the surface”: The Enigma of Aubrey Faulkner
Aubrey Faulkner was one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of Test cricket but has received little attention from historians. He was a complex man about whom little is known, yet whose success on the cricket field possibly disguised several demons.https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/demons-below-the-surface-the-enigma-of-aubrey-faulkner/
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“Demons below the surface”: The Enigma of Aubrey Faulkner
Aubrey Faulkner was one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of Test cricket but has received little attention from historians. He was a complex man about whom little is known, yet whose success on the cricket field possibly disguised several demons.https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/demons-below-the-surface-the-enigma-of-aubrey-faulkner/
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“Demons below the surface”: The Enigma of Aubrey Faulkner
Aubrey Faulkner was one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of Test cricket but has received little attention from historians. He was a complex man about whom little is known, yet whose success on the cricket field possibly disguised several demons.https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/demons-below-the-surface-the-enigma-of-aubrey-faulkner/
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧
The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...
#BoerWar #Bronkhorstspruit #Boers #Pretoria #Transvaal #Wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧
The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...
#BoerWar #Bronkhorstspruit #Boers #Pretoria #Transvaal #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bronkhorstspruit -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧
The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...
#BoerWar #Bronkhorstspruit #Boers #Pretoria #Transvaal #Wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ battle of Bronkhorstspruit ✧
The battle of Bronkhorstspruit was the first major engagement of the First Boer War. It took place by the Bronkhorstspruit river near Bronkhorstspruit in Transvaal on 20 December 1880. Threatened by the growing numbers of militant Boers in the Pretoria region, the British recalled the 94th Regiment of Foot...
#BoerWar #Bronkhorstspruit #Boers #Pretoria #Transvaal #Wikipedia
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Man kann auch von #Texas nach #Transvaal reisen, ohne den Landkreis Gifhorn zu verlassen (mit dem Auto 24 min und 24 km). -
「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
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Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory
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「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
[...]
Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory
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「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
[...]
Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory
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「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
[...]
Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory
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「Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
The #SouthAfricanNativeLabourCorps men aboard her came from a range of social backgrounds, and from a number of different peoples spread over the South African provinces and neighbouring territories. (287 were from #Transvaal, 139 from the #EasternCape, 87 from #Natal, 27 from #NorthernCape, 26 from the #OrangeFreeState, 26 from #Basutoland, eight from #Bechuanaland [#Botswana], five from #WesternCape, one from #Rhodesia and one from #SouthWestAfrica). Most had never seen the sea before this voyage, and very few could swim. The officers and NCOs were white Southern Africans.
[...]
Poignantly, 21 February 2024 did not see military celebrations but the sombre repatriation to South Africa of two SA National Defence force soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a rebel mortar strike last week.」
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/military-history/lest-we-forget-ss-mendi-21-february-1917/
#Mendi #SouthAfrica #MilitaryHistory #History #WorldWarI #France #Congo #SANDF #SouthAfricanArmy #SouthAfricanNavy #NavalHistory