by Allan Gordon | Dec 19, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Manie Maritz was a Boer officer during the South African War (1899-1902) and a leading figure in the 1914 Rebellion. At the outbreak of the South African War he joined the Boksburg Commando and saw action in Natal. He later joined Danie Theron’s reconnaissance...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 17, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, son of Lord Roberts, died on 17 December 1899 from wounds received at the Battle of Colenso, aged 27. Roberts, with several others, tried to save the guns of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery, when those who...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 15, 2020 | Anniversaries, Battles, South African War 1899 - 1902
Colenso is a town 20 km south of Ladysmith and commanded a strategic rail and road link from the coast. Early in November 1899, with Ladysmith under siege, the Boers occupied the hills to the north of the town and a few weeks later started an advance on the town, just...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 13, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Major-General Edward Yewd Brabant died on 13 December 1914 aged 75. He was a British Military Commander who fought in the Xhosa Wars of 1877–1878 and the Matabele War of 1893–1894. In November 1899 he raised a light horse regiment known as Brabant’s Horse which...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 8, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Christiaan Frederik Beyers died on 8 December 1914 aged 45, under tragic circumstances. He was a Transvaal Boer who took a prominent part in the South African War. He held the rank of General when peace was signed in 1902 and was recognised as one of the leaders of...
by Allan Gordon | Dec 5, 2020 | Anniversaries, Deaths, South African War 1899 - 1902
Schalk Willem Burger died on 5 December 1918 aged 66. He saw service in the First Boer War of 1881, and by the time the South African War (1899-1902) commenced he was Commandant-General of forces in a number of battles which included Modder River and Spioen Kop....
