Towns

13L | “On the night of 10/11 December 1899 Digby-Jones RE VC blew up a Boer 4.7 inch Howitzer during … Read More

14L | “Based on a blockhouse at Bergville, the only one remaining in KwaZulu-Natal. The McMaster’s replica contains a remarkable … Read More

16L | “In 1891 the Ladysmith Town Council requested proposals for a new town hall. The selected design by Robert … Read More

17L | LOOKOUT POINT FROM CONVENT HILL Convent Hill now La Verna Hospital. This position in the hospital car park … Read More

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19L | A fairly concealed position some way back along the flat crest of a hill 500 ft high, from … Read More

20L | This was the main Naval position: “A piece of high ground in the centre of the Northern line … Read More

21L | “At the Commissariat Godown, an Indian “Coolie” armed with a large umbrella constituted himself the special watcher for … Read More

22L | Johannes Hendrick De Lange was a well-known figure in Natal, having been an early Voortrekker scout into Natal … Read More

23L | Lt Egerton was the first person to die in the Siege of Ladysmith. He was mortally wounded on … Read More

24L | Erected in memory of the men of the Battalion who died during the Siege of Ladysmith.

25L | “A long ridge where the rifle fire hardly ever ceased. Held by 3 Companies of the Kings Royal … Read More

26L | Major Charles Edmund Taunton, Natal Carabiniers, was killed in action on Nov. 3rd, 1899, in a reconnaissance from … Read More