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“A section of the old walls can be seen where it has been incorporated into the current South Africa Police Services buildings. The fort was built to defend the town from possible Zulu attack prior to the Anglo Zulu War of January 1879.
Originally the fort housed a school house, a jail and the original Anglican Church of St John.”
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21L | “At the Commissariat Godown, an Indian “Coolie” armed with a large umbrella constituted himself the special watcher for Umbulwana “Tom” and his shrill cry of “Lang Taam” became very familiar to the fatigue parties at Fly Kraal. When…
16L | “In 1891 the Ladysmith Town Council requested proposals for a new town hall. The selected design by Robert Walker observed the medieval conventions of design with a T configuration. With the entrance through a portico, the Town Clerk’s…
11L | “The 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifles began building Rifleman’s Post on 1st November 1899. Sited on the western perimeter the Post was manned by two companies of the regiment under the command of Shakerly and Ward who had…
05L | “Built during the late 1800s, it shows the stone construction method used by the first settlers in Ladysmith. Before 1882, wagons, carriages, and carts wishing to enter Ladysmith had to pay a toll fee. Mr William Adams was…
03L | “Opposite the entrance to the Ladysmith Military base. King’s Post was one of the positions on the outer line of defence on the North West side of the town. It was manned by the Rifle Brigade. The remains…
27L | “A fenced Cemetery with three graves each with steel crosses. Two soldiers Pte’s Dowsett and Andrews of the 5th Lancers who died during the siege and another of a Mr. TW Corfield curator of Military graves died 1910….
