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The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (South Africa) (Medalje vir Langdurige Diens en Goeie Gedrag) is a distinctive South African version of the British Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military). It was awarded to members of the Permanent Force of the Union of South Africa who had completed eighteen years of reckonable service ...
The Women's Overseas Service League (WOSL) is a non-governmental organization based in the United States. It was founded in May 1921 to provide financial support and relationships for and between servicewomen who returned from World War I to no benefits, unlike their male counterparts.
The Legion's UK Branch, made up of former South African servicemen and women, has also held a memorial service near the site of the sinking. [16] The commemoration is held in Atteridgeville , Pretoria [ 17 ] and Soweto , [ 18 ] as well as in Port Elizabeth , which linked with British historians to find missing headstones, and other major ...
Voluntary Service Overseas USA, Inc., a US 501(c) organisation(iii). VSO's governing body is the International Board, currently comprising seven trustees. The day-to-day management of VSO is carried out by the executive board, which has operational oversight of VSO's global work.
Ambassadorial Scholarships (founded 1947) was a program of the Rotary Foundation.The program ended in 2013 and was replaced by the Rotary Global Grant Scholarship, which expands on the Ambassadorial mission, by now ensuring that every Rotary Scholar advance Rotary's International mission to " promote service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace." .
The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL) represents the interests of Commonwealth citizens who have served with either the British or Commonwealth Forces. It was founded in 1921 (as the British Empire Service League) by Field Marshals Earl Haig and Jan Smuts to link together the various ex-service organisations throughout the Commonwealth.
In a shield a representation of a seascape thereon an ancient ship in full sail flying a pennon and flags of St. George all within a bordure of clouds Proper. [8] Supporters On the dexter side a winged sea-unicorn Argent armed crined finned and the wings Or and on the sinister side a winged sea-lion also Argent maned finned and the wings Gold ...
Safmarine, short for South African Marine Corporation, and latterly South African Marine Container Lines, was a South African shipping line, established in 1946, which offered freight transport services with cargo liners and container ships. It was bought by Maersk Line in 1999, and was fully integrated into that company in 2020. It also ...