by Allan Gordon | Oct 22, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was born on 22 October 1847 on a farm in Winburg, a town in the then Free State Republic. After the Battle of Boomplaats (August 1848), the family farm was confiscated by the British and the family trekked into the Transvaal and settled in...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 10, 2020 | Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Paul) Kruger was born on 10 October 1825 in the Eastern Cape and took part in the Great Trek as a child. His family settled in the Western Transvaal and in his early life he played a prominent role in the forging of the South African...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 7, 2020 | Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
General Christiaan Rudolf de Wet was born in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State on 7 October 1854. He was involved in the Anglo-Boer War of 1880–81, serving as a field cornet. He saw action at the Battle of Majuba Hill where the...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 5, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Meyer de Kock was an ordinary Burgher and respected businessman in Belfast when the South African War (1899-1902) was declared. He was part of a commando which guarded railway bridges in the Eastern Transvaal. After the British had captured Pretoria and annexed...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 4, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Boer General Pieter Arnoldus Cronje was born in the Cape on 4 October 1836 and travelled with his family as part of the Great Trek to the Transvaal. He was involved in the Siege of Potchefstroom during the First Boer War (1880-1881) and commanded the Boer force that...
by Allan Gordon | Oct 2, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
The President of the Orange Free State Republic, Martinus Theunis Steyn was born on 2 October 1857 on a farm in the Winburg district of the Free State. He studied law in London and, having qualified, returned to South Africa to practice his trade. He entered politics...
