by Allan Gordon | Jan 18, 2021 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Gideon Jacobus Scheepers, after being court martialled, was convicted on all counts brought against him, except for one of the murder, and sentenced to death. On 18 January 1902 he was executed by firing squad. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902), as...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 14, 2021 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
General Benjamin Johannes Viljoen died on his farm in New Mexico on 14 January 1917 and is buried at the Masonic Cemetery in La Mesa. When the South African War (1899-1902) broke out General Ben Viljoen saw action on the Natal front being in command of the...
by Allan Gordon | Jan 8, 2021 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout Movement died on 8 January 1941 in Nyeri, Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the centre, which is the Scout trail sign for ‘Going home’, or ‘I have gone home’. During the South African War (1899-1902)...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 31, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp died on 31 December 1946 aged 74. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902) he joined the Krugersdorp Commando and saw action in the battles in Natal. In June 1900 he was elected a commandant and saw action at the Battle of...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 22, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Charles Tucker died on 22 December 1935 in France, at the age of 97. He first saw action in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902), at the age of 61, he took command of the British...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 20, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Josef Johannes ‘Jopie’ Fourie who was educated at Grey College in Bloemfontein, was a scout and dispatch rider during the South African War (1899-1902). He was also part of the Boer force that halted the Jameson Raiders in 1896. During the South African War he was...
