Tunnel Hill Liverpool Regt Monument
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Total Views: 2139 Daily Views: 006L | Founded in 1854. The second oldest congregation in Kwazulu-Natal.
32L | This Cemetery was used by the Boers during the Siege of Ladysmith. 15 Burghers of the Harrismith Commando were buried here but have subsequently been reinterred in the Burgher Monument on the Platrand.
31L | At daybreak on Monday 30th October 1899 Col. Carelton’s column, supposedly on their way to Nicholson’s Nek, found themselves on top of this hill where they were cut off and surrounded by Boer forces and after a fire…
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….
24L | Erected in memory of the men of the Battalion who died during the Siege of Ladysmith.
12-28 February 1900 In a massive combined operation General Buller’s troops fought numerous battles on the south bank of the Thukela River: Cingolo Hill, Monte Cristo, Green Hill, Hlangwane – followed by a series of operations on the north bank…