We Die Like Brothers: The Sinking of the SS Mendi

by John Gribble and Graham Scott

The SS Mendi is a wreck site off the Isle of Wight under the protection of Historic England. Nearly 650 men, mostly from the South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC), lost their lives in February 1917 following a collision in fog as they travelled to serve as labourers on the Western Front, in one of the largest single losses of life during the conflict. The loss of the Mendi occupies a special place in South African military history. Prevented from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848023693
• ISBN13: 9781848023697
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"