A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

"I located his service documents in the South Wales Borderers' Museum in Brecon and when I heard he had lost his medals in the 1950s ... hotspots - Crete, North Africa, Italy and Palestine.

finally claimed his first Olympic medal – having anchored South Africa’s 4x100m relay team of Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi and Bradley Nkoana – when he won a silver gong at the Games in Paris, ...