by Allan Gordon | May 18, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Colonel Pulteney, who featured in our blog on 14 May, was born on this day in 1861. He died on 14 May 1941 – four days short of turning 80.
by Allan Gordon | May 16, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General Bindon Blood died on 16 May 1940 aged 97. He was in Zululand in 1879 where he saw service in the Anglo-Zulu War. He also saw service in the South African War. He wasn’t in South Africa at the outset, only arriving in the country in March 1901 at...
by Allan Gordon | May 9, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
One of the less spoken about Commandants of the South African War (1899-1902), Danie Theron, was born on 9 May 1872. Before the start of the war he was instrumental in the formation of a Cycle Corps. At the outbreak of war, as a captain he was responsible for...
by Allan Gordon | May 7, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Commandant Danie Erasmus died on 7 May 1914. He fought in the First Anglo-Boer War (1880) where he became a Commandant. During the South African War 1899-1900, as a General, he saw action at the first battle of the war – Talana, was involved in the Siege of...
by Allan Gordon | May 4, 2020 | Anniversaries, South African War 1899 - 1902
Born on 4 May 1866, Captain W.E. Gordon was in his early 30’s when he arrived in South Africa to fight in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). He was part of the force sent to relieve Kimberley, and saw action at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899, where he was...
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...
