by Allan Gordon | Jan 16, 2020 | Birthday, On This Day
Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD was born on 16 January 1853. He was a Scottish British Army General who saw action in the 1st Anglo-Boer War, the South African War of 1899-1902, and commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 15, 2020 | Anniversaries, On This Day
Johannes Cornelius Jacobus ‘Hans’ Lötter, who was born on 15 January 1875, was a Boer commander during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Along with Gideon Scheepers, Lötter was one of the most brutal guerrilla commandos in the Cape Colony. Lötter’s...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 14, 2020 | Anniversaries, On This Day
Veg-Generaal Benjamin Johannes “Ben” Viljoen, a Boer War General died on this day in 1917. He was born in Wodehouse (Cape Colony) and was a South African Freemason. He was involved with the Krugersdorp Commando during the Jameson Raid. When the Boers...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 6, 2020 | Battles, On This Day
The battle of the Platrand was the only serious Boer attack on the British lines during the siege of Ladysmith. The Platrand is a two-and-a-half-mile long ridge that dominated the south side of Ladysmith. It had been occupied by the British from the start of the...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 6, 2020 | Birthday, Events, On This Day
6 January 1856 – Birth of Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. L. Rundle who fought in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), the 1st Anglo-Boer War (1881) and the South African War (1899-1902).
