Anne lays wreath to honour black South African labourers in First World War

The Princess Royal has described the first memorial to recognise the sacrifices of black South Africans who died while First World War labourers as a reminder of a ‘sometimes difficult past’ (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Princess Royal has described the first memorial to recognise the sacrifices of black South Africans who died while First World War labourers as a reminder of a “sometimes difficult past”.

Anne laid a wreath at the new Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial, which commemorates the long-forgotten contribution of more than 1,700 non-combatants who died while helping Britain’s war effort in east and south-west Africa.