by Allan Gordon | Jul 26, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Manie (christened Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz was born in Kimberley on 26 July 1876. He became a ZAR citizen when he fought against the Jameson Raiders, and then joined the ZARPS. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902) he joined the Boksburg Commando and...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 26, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Henry John Thoroton Hildyard died on 25 July 1916 aged 70. He saw action at the outset of the South African War (1899-1902) where he commanded the 2nd Brigade at the Battle of Colenso. Early in 1900 he commanded the 5th Division which saw...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 18, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Commandant Jacob Louis van Deventer was born in Ficksburg in the Orange Free State on 18 July 1874. He was a huge man and stood over 6 feet tall. He started his military career with the ZAR Artillery in 1896 and was at the first action of the Boer War, at Kraaipan,...
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 16, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902, Uncategorized
Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer died on 16 July 1932 aged 75. Plumer found himself in Rhodesia when the South African Was (1899-1902) broke out and was in command of the force that relieved Mafeking. In November 1900 he was given command of a force which operated in the...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 14, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
President Paul Kruger died on 14 July 1904 in Clarens, Switzerland at the age of 78. He received no ‘official’ education and his family were part of the Great Trek. He was first elected President of the Transvaal Republic / ZAR on 9 May 1883, and then...
