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The memorial was rededicated on 10 October 1999 in "memory of the men, women and children of all races and all nations who lost their lives in the Anglo Boer War, 1899–1902". [ 9 ] 1 June 2002 saw a gathering at the memorial to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the Second Boer War, on 31 May 1902. [ 2 ]
It was the National Women’s Memorial Committee which came with the idea that a museum, solely dedicated to the preservation of the Anglo-Boer War history and objects be established. [3] Frans Soff [ 4 ] was the architect commissioned to design the building and on 26 April 1930 the corner stone of the War Museum was laid by Senator W.J.C. Brebner.
The Anglo-Boer War Memorial. In the grounds of the museum is a large memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.. On 30 November 1910 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn laid a commemorative stone at the memorial.
' Second Freedom War ', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, [8] Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Boer War Memorial, listing various British casualties of the Battle of Silkaatsnek. The Battle of Silkaatsnek ( Afrikaans : Slag van Silkaatsnek, English: Battle of Zilikat's (Silikat's, Uitval's or Nitral's) Nek, or First Battle of Silkaatsnek ) [ 3 ] was a military engagement in the Anglo-Boer War on July 11, 1900 ...
The Imperial Light Horse was raised by the British in Johannesburg on 21 September 1899 for service in the Second Boer War.Its initial strength was 444 officers and men. It was informally known as the "Reformers Regiment" as many of its officers served on the Reform Committee, or more commonly the Uitlander Regiment by the Transvaal Government and the Boer Command
The Horse Memorial (Afrikaans: Perdstandbeeld) is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, [1] in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War, where Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa.
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ ˈ k ɪ tʃ ɪ n ər /; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, [1] [2] and his central role in the early part of the First World War.