Ambleside Military Cemetery
710 | Burial site of soldiers of the 5th Irish Brigade, killed in Battle of Colenso. The Irish Brigade had … Read More
Rifleman’s Post
11L | “The 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifles began building Rifleman’s Post on 1st November 1899. Sited on the western … Read More
War Memorial Dundee
711D | War Memorial in Dundee
Soofi Mosque
12L | “The first Muslim traders came to Ladysmith in 1885. Showing honesty and courtesy as businessmen they were firm … Read More
The Dundee Diehards
712D | RE-ENACTMENT GROUP The Dundee Diehards re-enactment team is a volunteer, non-profit organisation that was formed in 1999, originally … Read More
Rifle Brigade Monument at Surprise Hill
13L | “On the night of 10/11 December 1899 Digby-Jones RE VC blew up a Boer 4.7 inch Howitzer during … Read More
Spion Kop Battlefield
713 | 24 January 1900 Certainly the most futile and bloodiest of five battles fought in an effort to relieve … Read More
Blockhouse Museum
14L | “Based on a blockhouse at Bergville, the only one remaining in KwaZulu-Natal. The McMaster’s replica contains a remarkable … Read More
The British Military Cemetery
415 | On the outskirts of the town on the way to the dam the town cemetery is on the … Read More
Chieveley Military Cemetery
715 | Site of No 4 Stationary Hospital. Burial place of Field Marshal Lord Roberts’s son Lt. Freddie Roberts. Turn … Read More
Ladysmith Town Hall
16L | “In 1891 the Ladysmith Town Council requested proposals for a new town hall. The selected design by Robert … Read More
Petrus Lafras Uys Memorial
416 | Petrus Lafras Uys was one of the original settlers in this area in 1847. He was the first … Read More
Battle of uThukela (Tugela) Heights
717 | 12-28 February 1900 In a massive combined operation General Buller’s troops fought numerous battles on the south bank … Read More
Convent Hill
17L | LOOKOUT POINT FROM CONVENT HILL Convent Hill now La Verna Hospital. This position in the hospital car park … Read More
Clydesdale
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Cove Redoubt
19L | A fairly concealed position some way back along the flat crest of a hill 500 ft high, from … Read More
Gordons’ Hill
20L | This was the main Naval position: “A piece of high ground in the centre of the Northern line … Read More
Capt.Pokrowski Memorial and Wall of Remembrance
723 | 25 December 1900 25 December 1900. Memorial to Polish officer in the Russian army, who died fighting in … Read More