by Allan Gordon | Jun 28, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths
Lieutenant-General Archibald Hunter died on 28 June 1936 at the age of 79. He started his military career in Scotland as part of the Gordon Relief Expedition, which unfortunately arrived too late to rescue Major General Charles George Gordon. During...
by Allan Gordon | Jun 27, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Uitkyk was a farm 10 km south west of Middleburg, on the Pretoria/Komatiepoort railway line. On 27 June 1901 Boer General Viljoen was observed on the vicinity and a British armoured train was sent to the area to investigate. The train was destroyed by explosives set...
by Allan Gordon | Jun 26, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
On 25 June 1900 a large convoy left Kroonstad for Lindley where Major-General Padget was garrisoned. Of the escort of 800 mounted men, was a wing of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, under the command of Colonel Brookfield. On the outskirts of Lindley the column was...
by Allan Gordon | Jun 25, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Cornelius Francis Clery died on 25 June 1926 aged 88. He was at Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War, missing the massacre whilst out looking for the main Zulu force. He later saw action at the Battle of Ulundi. During the South...
by Allan Gordon | Jun 24, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Horatio Herbert Kitchener was born on 24 June 1850. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902) Kitchener was second in command to General Roberts. He was present at the Relief of Kimberley and saw action at Paardeberg. When the...
