by Allan Gordon | Sep 7, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
General Benjamin Johannes (Ben) Viljoen was born on 7 September 1869 in the Cape Colony and spent the latter part of his youth on a farm near Umtata in the Eastern Cape. In 1890 he moved to the Transvaal and as part of the Krugersdorp Commando saw ‘action’ against the...
by Allan Gordon | Sep 1, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Paul Sanford Methuen was born on 1 September 1845 and was educated at Eton College. At the outbreak of the South African War (1899-1902) he was appointed General Officer Commanding the 1st Division, responsible for the Relief of Kimberley. Having fought the battles at...
by Allan Gordon | Aug 23, 2020 | Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Christian Frederick Beyers was born on 23 August 1869 and fought in the South African War with distinction. At the time of the signing of the peace treaty he had attained the rank of General. He was, together with Generals Smuts and Botha recognized as one of the...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 31, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Lieutenant-General James Melville Babington was born on 31 July 1854 in the town of Corstorphine in Scotland. He entered the military in 1873 and in 1884 was part of the Bechuanaland Expedition under Charles Warren, gaining his first experience of Southern...
by Allan Gordon | Jul 27, 2020 | Anniversaries, Birthday, South African War 1899 - 1902
Colonel Beauvoir de Lisle was born in Guernsey on 27 July 1864. During the Second Boer War he commanded the Australian Brigade, which was a mobile column comprising men from various Australian Regiments. He was severely wounded on a number of occasions. Towards the...
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...
