Pmb’s Delville cross still weeps . By Jonathan Burton. Legionnaires Dean Arnold, Johan du Plessis and Charlie Dickinson stand in front of the Delville Wood Cross at the Garden of Remembrance.

The cross has wept resin "tears" almost every year, coinciding with the anniversary of the bloody battle that started on July 15, 1916. Out of the over 4 000 troops who defended Delville Wood, only ...

A CROSS that was formed out of wood and brought back by surviving World War 1 soldiers still weeps to this day, with some believing that the wood weeps for the fallen heroes who fought for their ...

The Pietermaritzburg cross, which is part of the city’s war memorial, is called the “Weeping Cross of Delville Wood”, because it is claimed that it “weeps” resin and linseed oil around ...