by Hennie Heymans | May 31, 2026 | British Army in Colonial South Africa, 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Animals in War Memorial Wall, Colenso, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Military History, Sir Winston Churchill, Staute: Horses Anglo Boer War
Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 Horses: ABW – Nongqai Vol 17 No 6 A TRIBUTE TO THE WAR HORSES – THE UNSEEN HEROES OF THE ANGLO BOER WAR JennyB Horses played an integral and devastatingly costly role in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). An estimated 500,000 horses were...
by Hennie Heymans | May 18, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), British Army in Colonial South Africa, Historical photos, Magersfontein, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Magersfontein – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5 6. BATTLE MAGERSFONTEIN. – Boer Ambush. Jennifer Bosch THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS OF BLACK WEEK’S 2ND BATTLE. LORD METHUEN (Paul) – Commander of the British force advancing toward Kimberley; he planned and...
by Hennie Heymans | May 14, 2026 | African Battlegrounds, Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902), Armoured Trains: Rhodesia, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, RAILWAYS IN WAR, Rhodesian Army, Rhodesian Conflict, Rhodesian Railways in Wartime, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Terrorism in Africa, TERRORISME/TERRORISME
Rhodesian Railways at War – Nongqai Vol 17 No 5B RHODESIA’S RAILWAYS AT WAR Gerry van Tonder It is with some irony that the country that was Rhodesia from 1890 to 1980 was twice forced to armour-protect her rail transport against belligerent forces: once in the late...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 12, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Deelfontein, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Anglo Boer War: Deelfontein DE AAR AND DEELFONTEIN IN THE NORTHERN CAPE. Jennifer Bosch De Aar was important as it sat on the junction of the railway lines from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth as they joined to form the line to Kimberley and Mafeking. It was one of three...
by Henning van Aswegen | Feb 14, 2026 | Archives Posts, Rhodesian Army, SAL/SAA Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
The Unknown Monument: The Rhodesian Viscount Memorial: Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria Wolfgang Witschas Abstract The Rhodesian Viscount Memorial, located at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa, honours the victims of the 1978 and 1979 Air Rhodesia...
by Hennie Heymans | Jan 22, 2026 | Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Italian POW's - Zonderwater, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Krygsgevangenes lê nou naamloos in hulle grafte Abstract The Zonderwater Italian Military Cemetery, once a well‑maintained memorial site for 277 Italian prisoners of war who died in South Africa between 1941 and 1947, has fallen into serious neglect. Repeated...
