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The following lists events that happened during 1918 in South Africa.
Edward George Honey was an Australian journalist who suggested the idea of five minutes of silence in a letter to a London newspaper in May 1919,about 6 months before the first observance of the Two-minute silence in London.
Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in February 1914. He died in France as a result of injuries sustained on the Western Front during the First World War. His death was an indirect cause of the tradition of the two-minute silence,instigated by his father Sir Harry Hands when Mayor of Cape Town.
Sir James Percy FitzPatrick,,known as Percy FitzPatrick,was a South African author,politician,mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book,Jock of the Bushveld (1907). As a politician,he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. FitzPatrick is responsible for the creation of the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day.
Philip Albert Myburgh Hands,was a South African cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1913 to 1924. His elder brother Reginald also played Test cricket for South Africa,whilst his younger brother Kenneth was also a cricketer,although he didn't play Test cricket.
The South African Overseas Expeditionary Force (SAOEF) was a volunteer military organisation in World War I.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bailey,both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extant as of 2010.
Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff,1st Baronet was a South African cold storage magnate and politician. Graaff revolutionized the cold storage industry in Africa. He founded the Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company in 1899,and aggressively ran it until he left to serve in government. Graaff grew the company into one of the largest in Africa. Graaff's wealth soared,at the turn of the century. During World War I he personally part financed the South African war effort and for this he was knighted as well as for services at the Paris Peace Conference 1919.
The Mayor of Cape Town is the head of the local government of Cape Town,South Africa;currently that government takes the form of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. In the past,the position of Mayor has varied between that of an executive mayor actively governing the city and that of a figurehead mayor with a mostly ceremonial role. The current mayor is Geordin Hill-Lewis of the Democratic Alliance (DA)
Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse was a British colonial administrator.
Brigadier-General Charles Harry Lyon,was an English soldier who also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902.
In the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth,a two-minute silence is observed as part of Remembrance Day to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. Held each year at 11:00 am on 11 November,the silence coincides with the time in 1918 at which the First World War came to an end with the cessation of hostilities,and is generally observed at war memorials and in public places throughout the UK and Commonwealth. A two-minute silence is also observed on Remembrance Sunday,also at 11:00 am.
Sir Rupert De la Bère,1st Baronet,was a British businessman,soldier,and Conservative Party politician. He was the 625th Lord Mayor of London.
Koopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street,Cape Town,South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. It was declared a National Monument under National Monuments Council legislation on 1 November 1940. It is the oldest house museum in South Africa.
Moses Kottler (1896–1977) was a South African painter and sculptor. He is widely regarded,along with Anton van Wouw and Lippy Lipshitz,as one of the most important South African sculptors. This triumvirate had the distinction of also having excelled at using pictorial media;Lipshitz with monotypes and Van Wouw in painting and drawing. Kottler's work in oils earned him additional consideration as a painter.
Kenneth Charles Myburgh Hands was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1912 to 1931.
Sir William Thorne was a draper,milliner and businessman in Cape Town. He was also an active civil servant and Mayor of Cape Town.
Joyce Newton-Thompson was a British-born South African politician,community organizer and author. Growing up in London,England,she was active in the British women's suffrage movement. After immigrating to Cape Town,South Africa,with her husband in 1919,Newton-Thompson became involved in organizing community initiatives such as free meals for schoolchildren and the first birth control clinic in the city.
Nicholas Georg Myburgh is a South African farmer,lawyer and politician for the Democratic Alliance. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2021. Myburgh had previously served as the Executive Mayor of the Swellendam Local Municipality from 2011 to 2021.
References
- ↑ "The Scot who began the two-minute silence". BBC News. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 J. C. Abrahams (Tannie Mossie), "Cape Town’s WWI Mayor - Sir Harry Hands".
- ↑ Who's Who: Men and Women of the Time. 1935. p. 1434. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "No. 31422". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1919. p. 8090.