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Bloemfontein Cemetery Nurse's on Memorial - by: crypt
Evening all Boer War Memorial Bloemfontein On a recent road trip to Cape Town, I spent some time tracking down the burial spot for a Nursing Sister in my collection. Nursing Sister Gertrude Stockley...
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LONG ISLAND, BERMUDA - by: Elmarie
This island had been used as a casual burial ground for victims of yellow fever for many years and a plot was now set aside for those POW's who died during their stay on the islands.
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CORPORAL GEORGE F COLLINGS - by: Elmarie
Corporal George F Collings [2898}] Yorkshire Regiment Wounded at Paardeberg Died: 1900/04/05 Buried: Deelfontein
View ArticleMisrepresented KSA - by: Baden Powell
Kings South Africa with SA 01 and SA 02 Clasps With the able assistance of FORUM Members and others (Rory, Audrey, Kevin et al) I have determined that a long owned Three Medal Group - KSA with 01 and...
View ArticleImperial Hospital Corps - by: Mark
Can some one please help me. I have been tracing a Stephen Francois Cherritt who was an orderly in the Imperial Hospital Corps. The Nominal Roll Image 2 for this unit shows he was I believe in Durban...
View ArticleStanderton Commando Gewehr 98 - by: bauple58
Greetings from Australia The Queensland Museum has in its collection a Gew98 rifle with the words 'Standerton Commando' engraved into one side of the stock, and the name 'P J A Heiberg' engraved on the...
View ArticleFrancis Christian Overmann looking for Info. on....... - by: QSAMIKE
Good Evening Everyone...... I have just received a large container of documents, post cards, watercolour painted cartoons and partial manuscripts from the BW to WW1 and time between the wars in SA with...
View ArticleLloyd Styles, Field Intelligence Department - by: Brett Hendey
The South African magazine Magnum for November 2016 includes a short article entitled 'For King and Empire' by Phillip Hayes (p 55). This article stemmed from a visit by the author to Petrusville in...
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LIEUT WILLIAM JOHN SCOTT RUNDLE - by: Elmarie
On the Commonwealth War Graves Commission list, they listed him as Lieutenant and also on this website: glosters.tripod.com/BoerR.htm RUNDLE - Lieutenant William John Scott, D.S.O. - 6th Dragoon Guards...
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CAPTAIN GEORGE PARKER BULL - by: Elmarie
glosters.tripod.com/OfficersB.htm BULL - Captain George Parker - 4/North Staffordshire Regt. Died of empyema at Cape Colony. 11th June 1902. Aged 32. Educated at Cheltenham College. Son of Colonel...
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CAPTAIN FRANCIS LANGFORD FOSBERRY - Royal Irish Regiment - by: Elmarie
Killed in action near Belfast. Buried: Newcastle
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Hotchkiss Gun Detachment - by: Rory
A pleasant little addition to my Defence of Ladysmith collection came my way today in the form of a QSA to 13 Gnr. J. Hicks, Natal Voluntrs. with single clasp Defence of Ladysmith. Hicks was one of...
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MEEKING - 2 BROTHERS - by: Elmarie
Captain Bertram Charles Christopher Spencer Meeking- 10th Hussars Died of enteric at Bloemfontein 16th April 1900. Aged 36. Son of Colonel Meeking of Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire. 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth...
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Some Postcards from the Overmann Collection - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...... Here is a sample of some of the postcards that I mentioned before that are in the Overmann Collection...... Mike Cape Police Memorial, Kimberly Magersfontein Battlefield
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Some Cartoons from the Overmann Collection - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...... Here is a sample of some of the cartoons that I mentioned before that are in the Overmann Collection...... Each one is drawn and then painted in watercolour...... Mike
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COLONEL GEORGE ELLIOTT BENSON - by: Elmarie
BENSON - Colonel George Elliott - Royal Artillery Wounded at Brakenlaagte. Died 31st October 1901. Aged 40. Son of the late William Benson, of Allerwash, Northumberland. Born May 1861. Entered the...
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MAJOR ROBERT BRUCE BLUNT - by: Elmarie
BLUNT - Major Robert Bruce - 2/Lancashire Fusiliers Wounded at Llangelegen, 19th Feb. 1902. Died the next day. Aged 28. Son of George Blunt, of Leicester. Born 17th May 1873. Served in the Sudan 1898...
View Article46TH FORTRESS COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS - by: perry22
JUST GOT A QSM CLASPS SOUTH AFRICA 1902,SOUTH AFRICA 1901 CAPE COLONY TO LT EDWARD TUBERVILLE LLEWELLYN JENKINS, OF THE ROYAL MONMOUTH, ROYAL ENGINEERS HE WAS ATT TO THE 46TH FORTRESS COMPANY. CAN...
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