Wepener siege account and medal roll - by: djb

On this the anniversary of the start of the siege of Wepener in 1900, I am writing to ask for information on the siege and its participants in preparation for a new book on the subject. The book is planned to follow the same format and content as the Defence of Kimberley and Talana.

There is a provisional list of the participants on my site at www.angloboerwar.com/publications/wepener

Currently this lists 2,040 men of the British and Colonial forces:

Cape Mounted Rifles - 513
2nd Brabant's Horse - 473
Kaffrarian Rifles - 422
1st Brabant's Horse - 392
Royal Scots - 83
Driscoll's Scouts - 78
South African Constabulary - 25
Royal Engineers - 11
Prince of Wales Light Horse - 9
KFS, 2nd - 8
Scottish Horse, 1st Battalion - 7
Prince Alfred’s Own Volunteer Guard - 5
Johannesburg Mounted Rifles - 3
Royal Garrison Artillery - 3
Imperial Light Horse, 2nd Battalion - 2
Scottish Horse, 2nd Battalion - 2
Cape Medical Staff Corps - 1
Imperial Light Horse, 1st Battalion - 1
7th Hussars - 1
Lancashire Fusiliers - 1

If anyone has details of extant Wepener QSAs, pictures, diaries or accounts, I would be very pleased to hear from you.

With thanks
David