7 | The South African / Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1902

Talana Museum, Battlefield and Heritage Park

Victoria Street, Dundee, 3000, South Africa

701 | 20 October 1899 Talana Museum, situated three kilometres outside Dundee on the Vryheid road, is no repository of … Read More

Elandslaagte Battlefield

Elandslaagte Battlefield, Glencoe/Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

702 | 21 October 1899 The Boers occupied the railway Station on the 20th October and early the following morning … Read More

Ladysmith Siege Museum

151 Murchison Street, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

703 | Acclaimed as one of the best Anglo Boer War museums in South Africa, its displays on the famous … Read More

Wagon Hill Battle Site

Wagon Hill Battle Site, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

704 | Battle of Wagon Hill 6th January 1900 The Battle of Wagon Hill and Caesar’s Camp was fought on … Read More

Platrand

Platrand, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

705 | “The Platrand is a long hill on the south side of the town. It was a critical section … Read More

Armoured Train Incident

Armoured Train Incident - Churchill Capture Site, Frere Area, KwaZulu-Natal

706 | On the 15th November 1899 Winston Churchill, a war correspondent for the Morning Post persuaded his friend Capt … Read More

Battle of Willow Grange

Battle of Willow Grange, Estcourt Area, KwaZulu-Natal

707 | 23 November 1899 Most southern point that a pitched battle was fought between the British and the Boers. … Read More

Clouston Koppie of Remembrance & Battle of Colenso

Clouston Koppie of Remembrance, Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal

708 | 15 December1899 Gen Sir Redvers Buller’s first attempt to cross the Thukela River and relieve Ladysmith met with … Read More

Battle of Colenso 15th December 1899 – Gun Sites

Battle of Colenso Gun Sites, Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal

709 | 15th December 1899 In the early stages of the Battle of Colenso, Co.l Long advanced his gun battery … Read More

Ambleside Military Cemetery

Ambleside Military Cemetery, Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal

710 | Burial site of soldiers of the 5th Irish Brigade, killed in Battle of Colenso. The Irish Brigade had … Read More

Battle of iNthabamnyama

Battle of iNthabamnyama, Bergville Area, KwaZulu-Natal

711 | 20 – 22 January 1900 In an attempt to turn the Boer right flank Lieut. Gen Sir Charles … Read More

Rangeworthy Military Cemetery

Rangeworthy Military Cemetery, Bergville/Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

712 | Situated below iNtabamnyama Battlefield. Many of the men who lost their lives in the above and below actions … Read More

Spion Kop Battlefield

Spioenkop/Spion Kop Battlefield, Bergville Area, KwaZulu-Natal

713 | 24 January 1900 Certainly the most futile and bloodiest of five battles fought in an effort to relieve … Read More

Spearman’s Military Cemetery

Spearman's Military Cemetery, Ladysmith/Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal

714 | On R600 between Ladysmith and Winterton. Near the site of No 4 Stationary Hospital during Gen Sir Redvers … Read More

Chieveley Military Cemetery

Chieveley Military Cemetery, Colenso Area, KwaZulu-Natal

715 | Site of No 4 Stationary Hospital. Burial place of Field Marshal Lord Roberts’s son Lt. Freddie Roberts. Turn … Read More

Vaalkrans Battlefield

Vaalkrans Battlefield, Ladysmith/Winterton Area, KwaZulu-Natal

716 | 5-7 February 1900 Fourth unsuccessful attempt by Gen. Buller to relieve Ladysmith. Scene of the British feint movement … Read More

Battle of uThukela (Tugela) Heights

Battle of Thukela Heights, Colenso/Ladysmith Area, KwaZulu-Natal

717 | 12-28 February 1900 In a massive combined operation General Buller’s troops fought numerous battles on the south bank … Read More

Helpmekaar Battlesite

Helpmekaar Cemetery, Helpmekaar, KwaZulu-Natal

718 | 13 May 1900 British forces broke through the Boer line in Biggarsberg Resulting in the British recapturing Dundee. … Read More

Botha’s Pass Battlefield

Botha's Pass Battlefield, Newcastle Area. KwaZulu-Natal

719 | 8 June 1900 On 8 June 1900 Gen Buller advanced some 22 000 men and 26 guns against … Read More

Alleman’s Nek Battlefield

Alleman's Nek Battlefield, Volksrust Area, Mpumalanga

720 | This was the battle where the British forces under Gen. Buller finally broke through the Boer forces and … Read More

O’Neil’s Cottage by Mandy Edwards

Hello Marty, my name is Mandy Edwards, (nee Scott). My grandmother was Maria Magdalena O'Neil, she was 1 of 13 children and as far as I know was born in the concentration camp in Bloemfontein. I also only knew 1 of her sisters, Anna Hayward, who lived on a small holding in Brakpan. My gran had 5 children, one of them being my dad, Charles Edward Scott. Him and his siblings all went to school in Belfast as thats where my gran grew up. I think that we are from John O'NEIL's side of the family but am not even sure of that. I would love to be in contact with you. My email is . Look forward to hearing from you

O’Neil’s Cottage by Kim Haw

Hi there must have been very special to be at the restaurant opening. My gran was an O Neil I think she was Maria Magdelena. Do you have the family history?

O’Neil’s Cottage by Kim Haw

Hi there I would love to know the family history. My grandmother and I think her name was Maria Magdalene was an O Neil not sure from which side though John O.R. Richard from Belfast she married Timothy Scott my dad and his siblings all went to Belfast High. Do you know anything about any of the women being sent to the concentration camps during the Boer war. I would really love any I fomation on the family.