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QSA to the Natal Mounted Rifles (Elandslaagte) - by: Rory
Medals to Colonial outfits who fought at Elandslaagte are not easy to come by - here is one I have recently acquired to Tpr. D. Scully of the N.M.R. who was at Elandslaagte and then caught up in the...
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Individual areas for Imperial and Boer POWs - by: djb
Just to let you know that I have split these two areas by surname to make the information easier to organise.
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Private Henry G. Rice, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - by:...
In St Margaret of Antioch Church, Tintinhull, Somerset.
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eBay link now working again - by: djb
The ability to include eBay items in posts is now working again To do this: 1. Copy the item ID number from the eBay page eg 371764616110 2. Within the post in the ABW forum at the point you want to...
View ArticleMessage ordering: swap the newest message in a thread is listed first? - by: djb
By default, messages in the forum are ordered starting with the oldest message. This means the latest message could be one or several pages away. In the forum, it is possible to reverse the ordering so...
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FORT GOVINDGARH, POW CAMP INDIA - by: Elmarie
Fort Govindgarh, was known as “The Hell “ amongst the 1200 Boer Prisoners of War held there. A thick wall varying in height between 21-28 ft enclosed the fort. According to Pieter Kolver it was a...
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BHIM TAL POW CAMP, INDIA - by: Elmarie
Major A. de G. Hadow and Captain T.C.B. Holland were in charge. They were assisted by 2nd Lt. B. H. Hall (2nd Yorkshire Regiment); 2nd Lt. L. Lovett Thomas (Royal Engineers), Lt. F. Curtis (2nd...
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DAGSHAI POW CAMP, INDIA - by: Elmarie
The camp at Dagshai was to have been opened for parolees on 27 March 1902 but because of an outbreak of plague in the town of Umballa this was delayed until the 3rd of April when forty-three men...
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SHAHJAHANPUR POW CAMP, INDIA - by: Elmarie
On 19 October 1901 the first prisoners arrived at the camp located some two miles from the station, near some very old ruins crawling with jackals and other unpleasant vermin according to A.P. Burger....
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SIALKOT POW CAMP, INDIA - by: Elmarie
The POW camp was about half a mile from the railway station at Dalawali and some 4,8 km from Sialkot. The inhabitants could see the snow covered peaks of the Hindu Kush in the distance. Parolees were...
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TRICHINOPOLY POW CAMP, INDIA - by: Elmarie
Initially the camp only housed 500 POWs but was later enlarged to house a further 480 men in a camp of some 550 x 300 yards. The camp was officially closed on 10 September 1902. The 437...
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