Red Hill Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Erected in memory of the men of the Battalion who died during the Siege of Ladysmith.
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Erected in memory of the men of the Battalion who died during the Siege of Ladysmith.
Total Views: 2121 Daily Views: 012L | “The first Muslim traders came to Ladysmith in 1885. Showing honesty and courtesy as businessmen they were firm in their faith. With the moral and financial aid of the community, a wood and iron mosque was built in…
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….
06L | Founded in 1854. The second oldest congregation in Kwazulu-Natal.
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…
24 January 1900 Certainly the most futile and bloodiest of five battles fought in an effort to relieve Ladysmith. The British occupied the kop during the night of the 23rd January 1900 and the Boers counter attacked as the mist…