Home for Disabled Seamen in England: Gift of South Africa
CAPETOWN, May 22. General Srriuts announced, in a broadcast last ni’ght, that South Africa would pay for a Springbok village which is being established i;i Surrey, in England, for former British Merchant Navy men, as a tribute to their courage during the war. He said: “The village will be a tangible and real gesture of gratitude to British Merchant Navy men for keeping open our lifelines throughout those grimmest years in history. All the inhabitants of the village will be disabled merchant navy seamen and their families.”
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Grey River Argus, 24 May 1947, Page 8
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