The Port Alfred MOTHS had to borrow extra chairs for their Delville Wood parade on Sunday, as the MOTHS Motorcycle Association roared up to swell the numbers at the Eddie Grant MOTH Hall behind the Port Alfred River and Ski Boat Club. The…
You would have to be about 110 years old to remember first-hand the end of ‘The War to end all Wars’. But, as Port Alfred MOTHs Chaplain Neil Scott said, there have been many more conflicts across the world, and on our continent, since…
Armed forces veterans organisation, the MOTHS (Memorable Order of Tin Hats), held Remembrance Day parades in Makhanda and Port Alfred on Sunday 13 November. Remembrance Day marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the…
The Memorable Order of Tin Hats Society (MOTHS) of the Battle Axe Shellhole commemorated the first World War Battle of Delville Wood at the Eddie Grant Moth Hall on Sunday, July 17. The Old Bill of Battle Axe Shellhole, MOTH Kevin Riddin…
Ex-servicemen representing the Moths, SA Legion, SA Air Force Association, SA Navy and other military veterans laid wreaths at the Remembrance Day parade at the Port Alfred Moth Hall on Sunday November 8. The parade is always held on the…
Members of the Moths, SA Legion, SA Air Force Association and others lay wreaths in honour of the fallen at the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa during World War 2, in which South African forces joined other Allied countries in…
Members of the Port Alfred Moths, partners and visitors stand for the last post at the El Alamein Parade at the Moth Hall on Sunday afternoon. The annual parade commemorates the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa during World War 2, in…
Jon Pillans from East London has studied moths and butterflies for many years and is an expert in the field of these useful and mostly harmless creatures that help pollinate plants and act as a food source for other creatures such as…
Piper Chris Terry plays while members of the SA Legion, Moths, SA Air Force Association, First City Regiment and the First City Regimental Association lay wreaths at the Battleaxe Shellhole, Port Alfred, in memory of those who gave their…
The Port Alfred Moths commemorated the Battle of El Alamein in a parade at the Battleaxe Shellhole recently. Although there are no World War 2 veterans left in the ranks of the Port Alfred Moths, other old soldiers keep the memory alive…
The Port Alfred Moths held a parade on Sunday commemorating the South African soldiers who gave their lives in the Battle of El Alamein during the North African campaign in World War 2, where they joined the Allies fighting against…
THE Battle of Delville Wood (July 15 to September 3 1916) marks a very special period in South African military history when 2 500 South Africans were killed, their bloodied bodies having to be buried at the site after the battle as…
