by Allan Gordon | Jul 17, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General William Penn Symons was born on 17 July 1843 in Cornwall and saw action in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). He was in charge of all British forces in Natal before the South African War (1899-1902) commenced, but with the additional forces sent out by Britain,...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 8, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Geoffrey Barton died on 8 July 1922 aged 78. He saw service as Captain in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. During the South African War (1899-1902) he saw service in Natal and was involved in all the battles leading up to the Relief of Ladysmith, being...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 1, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Anniversaries, Birthday
Private Samuel Wassall, who won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Isandlwana (Anglo-Zulu War), was born on 1 July 1856. When the British camp at Isandlwana was overrun by the Zulu Impis, Wassall retreated to the Buffalo River. When he noticed a fellow soldier,...
by Allan Gordon | Apr 9, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Anniversaries
Frederic Augustus Thesiger who later became Lord Chelmsford, died on 9 April 1905 aged 77. Chelmsford was in command of the central force which invaded Zululand in 1879 and camped at the foot of Isandlwana. Chelmsford decided to split his force to try and find the...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 29, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Battles
The site of the battle of Kambula is about 10 km north of the present day town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal and took place on 29 March 1879 ( the day after the battle of Hlobane). Colonel Wood had about 2 000 men under his command, manning a laager, kraal and redoubt,...
by Allan Gordon | Mar 28, 2020 | Anglo Zulu War, Battles
In March 1879 two of the three British columns engaged in the Anglo-Zulu War had received set-backs. One had been defeated at Isandlwana and the other was under siege at Eshowe. The Battle of Hlobane, near the present day town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South...
