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Theunis Christiaan de Klerk, b1c1d8 MP (1786 - 1816)

Theunis Christiaan de Klerk was one of the Slagtersnek rebels. He, along with 5 others, was charged with Armed rebellion and High Treason. He was married to Johanna Prinslo. They had 5 daughters and hi...

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Stephanus Johannes de Klerk, b4c1d1e1f6g2h1 (1884 - d.)

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Johannes Samuel de Klerk, b4c1d1e1f2g10 (1862 - 1948)

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Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, KCMG, CB, MVO (1848 - 1919)

Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, KCMG, CB, MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police...

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Matthys Marthinus Bezuidenhout (deceased)

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Jacoba Barrett (c.1875 - d.)

The widow Jacoba Barrett, née Groenewald, was a loyalist Natal Afrikaner woman who did sterling work for the British authorities Not to be confused with Mrs Berrett refered to on pg 86 In Die Helde-A...

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Willem Adriaan Janse van Rensburg (c.1884 - d.)

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Johannes Petrus Botha, b5c9d1e2f3g6h1 (1878 - d.)

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Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, VC, GCMG, GCVO (1835 - 1912)

) Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, (6 July 1835[1] – 24 June 1912) was an officer of the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and mo...

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Lt.-Col. Arthur Drummond Borton, VC, CMG, DSO (1883 - 1933)

Joined the 60th Rifles in 1902; retired 1910, but rejoined on the outbreak of the 1st World War, awarded the DSO in 1915; Victoria Cross in 1917; appointed CMG, 1918, &c. ----------------------------.. .

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Colonel Sir Percival Scope Marling, 3rd Bt., V.C. (1861 - 1936)

Colonel Sir Percival Scrope Marling, 3rd Baronet VC, CB, DL (6 March 1861 – 29 May 1936) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the fa...

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Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna VC DSO (1862 - 1915)

Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna VC DSO (16 August 1862 – 30 August 1915) was an English born British Army officer of Irish descent and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most...

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General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC, KCB, MVO (1862 - 1927)

General Sir Walter Norris Congreve VC KCB MVO DL (20 November 1862 – 28 February 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...

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Hermanus Joubert (c.1868 - d.)

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Carel Christoffel Viljoen (1886 - d.)

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Andries Jacobus Viljoen (1854 - 1940)

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Joachim Petrus Botha, SV2b3c10d10e1 (1878 - d.)

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Magdalena Maria Ackerman (1896 - 1973)

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Sarel Francois Alberts (1872 - 1954)

Senator Sarel Francois Alberts. Estate Papers can be found in Pretoria Archives. 4835/54.

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Maria Susanna Britz (1879 - 1967)

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Philip du Preez (1891 - 1970)

BOER BOY: MEMOIRS OF AN ANGLO-BOER WAR YOUTH Boer Boy: Memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War Youth, by Chris Schoeman (Zebra Press, 2010). This is the true story of a ten-year-old boy's experiences during the...

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General Sir Reginald Hildyard KCB CMG DSO (1876 - 1965)

General Sir Reginald John Thoroton Hildyard KCB CMG DSO (11 December 1876 – 29 September 1965) was a British Army general who saw active service in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He...

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General Sir Henry Hildyard GCB (1846 - 1916)

General Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard GCB (5 July 1846 – 25 July 1916) was a British Army general who saw active service in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and the Second Boer War. He was Gener...

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Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington, CVO (1852 - 1929)

Rupert Clement George Carington, 4th Baron Carrington, CVO, DSO, DL (18 December 1852 – 11 November 1929), known as the Hon. Rupert Carington from 1868 to 1928, was a British soldier and Liberal Part...

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General Sir Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (1862 - 1946)

General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (7 May 1862–9 January 1946), known as Sir Nevil Macready and affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciat...

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Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith PC (1832 - 1918)

Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith PC (6 July 1832 – 11 May 1918) was a British politician, academic and man of letters. He was a member of William Ewart Gladstone's second adminis...

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Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith (1847 - 1929)

Catherine "Kate" Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith (née Potter; 4 April 1847 - 26 February 1929), was a British social worker and internationalist. Active in charitable organizations in her earl...

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Jan Christoffel Greyling KEMP, General and MP (1872 - 1946)

Source: Wikipedia profile for Jan KEMP (General). Born 10 JUN 1872 in Amersfoort district, Transvaal. Son of Jurie Johannes KEMP and Maria Aletta GREYLING. His maternal grandfather, Abraham Carel...

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Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (1838 - 1919)

) Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (9 February 1838 – 2 December 1919), was a British Army officer. After an early career in the Royal Navy, Wood joined the British Army. He serv...

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Brig.-Gen. Henry Clifford, DSO (1867 - 1916)

Brig.-Gen. Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford, born on 13 August 1867, killed in action on 11 September 1916 in World War I. He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902. He gained the rank of Lieutena...

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Johannes Brink, b7c5d2e6f3 (1883 - 1928)

Waarskynlik was hy kommandolid ABO 26813 in die Anglo- Boereoorlog vanaf 'Groenfntn ' en van die Kroonstad Veldkornetskap wat op 25.12.1901 by Kaalfontein saam met sy broer gevang is. Source : Johan ...

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Philippus Brink, b7c5d2e6f2 (1882 - 1903)

Unmarried. Philippus Bernardus Brink was kommandolid ABO 26814 vanaf 'Groenfontein', Kroonstad en van die Kroonstad Veldkornetskap wat op 25.12.1901 by Kaalfontein gevang is. Source : Johan Brink, ...

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James Ritchie (1861 - 1924)

James Wadsworth (Jack) Ritchie, JA Ranch heir, the son of Montgomery and Cornelia (Wadsworth) Ritchie, was born in 1861 at Geneseo, New York. After his father's death in 1864, his mother took James a...

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Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings KC (1880 - 1952)

Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings KC (17 March 1880 – 26 February 1952) was a British barrister and politician noted for his long and highly successful career as a barrister and his short stint as Attorn...

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Josua Andries Joubert (1863 - 1959)

f4 Daniel Hermanus * 4.9.1821 = Stellenbosch 7.10.1821 x 21.8.1843 Elsie Johanna NIEWOUDT * 20.8.1825 g13 Josua Andries * 4.5.1863 Oorlede 3 September 1959 x Helena Petronella Louisa Nel xx Elizabeth...

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Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, VC, PC, KP, GCB (1832 - 1914)

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, VD, PC (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who ...

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Daniel PELZER, a1b2c5d5e8f5 (1865 - 1928)

21 Year old bachelor and farmer from the farm Driefontein, Heidelberg when married in Heidelberg on 24 JAN 1887 to Gertruida Cornelia Elizabeth KRAFT. She died in the Mafeking Concentration Camp on 28 ...

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Surgeon-Captain Matthew Louis Hughes LRCP, MRCS, DPH MP (1867 - 1899)

Surgeon-Captain Matthew Louis Hughes LRCP (Lond) MRCS (Eng 1889), DPH (Lond) 7 July 1867 – 15 Dec 1899 [Tugela River Colenso] The Manchester Times - marriage:- Hughes-Simpson, on Sept 24th at St ...

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George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury (1873 - 1961)

George William James Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury DSO TD K.St.J DL JP (21 May 1873 – 4 August 1961), styled Earl Bruce between 1894 and 1911, was a British soldier. Backgrou...

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Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam MC (1873 - 1953)

Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam MC (14 January 1873 – 23 January 1953), styled Lord Gillford between 1905 and 1907, was a British Army officer and politician. Arthur Meade was the sec...

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Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington GCVO KCB (1854 - 1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington GCVO KCB (4 May 1854 – 12 September 1945) was a British Army officer who served in colonial wars in Africa during the late nineteenth century, and late...

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Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Toler MacMorrough Kavanagh (1864 - 1950)

Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Toler MacMorrough Kavanagh was born on 25 March 1864. He was the son of Rt. Hon. Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, The MacMorrough and Mary Frances Forde-Leathley. He married Mary Perry...

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General Joachim Christoffel Fourie (1855 - 1900)

Field Cornet (see Page 19)

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Lt. Charles Carroll Wood (Canadian Army) (1876 - 1899)

Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood was a Canadian soldier. Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood was the youngest of eleven children of John Taylor Wood, a Captain in the Confederate Navy during the America...

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Emily Hobhouse MP (1860 - 1926)

Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, who is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the deprived condit...

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General Sir William Eliot Peyton KCB KCVO DSO (1866 - 1931)

General Sir William Eliot Peyton KCB KCVO DSO (7 May 1866 - 14 November 1931) was a British soldier, a general of the First World War who fought in several other wars. He was Delhi Herald of Arms...

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Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin KCB, CMG, DSO (1860 - 1925)

Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin KCB, CMG, DSO (24 May 1860 – 15 December 1925) was a South African military commander. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War (1879) and the Basutoland Gun War (1880–188...

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Lieutenant General Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin KCB CVO (1862 - 1939)

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin KCB CVO (6 November 1862 – 20 August 1939) was a British general during World War I, where he established a reputation as an excellent commander at the...

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Field Marshal Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO (1869 - 1950)

Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO (21 September 1869 – 6 July 1950) was a British cavalry officer who became Commander in Chi...

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General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO (1860 - 1945)

General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO (23 April 1860 – 21 January 1945) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. He was briefly Chief of the Imp...

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General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell GCB, KCMG, CVO, DSO, PC (1859 - 1929)

) General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell GCB, KCMG, CVO, DSO, PC (11 July 1859 – 21 February 1929) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He served in the Mahdist War in the Sudan, the Boer War...

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Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB, CMG, DSO (1864 - 1917)

Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB, CMG, DSO (24 June 1864 – 18 November 1917) was a British commander, most famous for his efforts in Mesopotamia during World War I and for conquerin...

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Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO MP (1871 - 1956)

Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO (11 June 1871 – 14 February 1956), known as Tich Cowan, was a British Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both World War I and World ...

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Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon KCB (1859 - 1939)

) Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon KCB (6 July 1859 – 13 February 1939) was a British general during World War I. Military career Hamilton-Gordon was one of ten children of Ge...

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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, KCB, KCMG (1859 - 1941)

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, KCB, KCMG, (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British soldier who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and World Wa...

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Brigadier General Sir John Edmond Gough, VC, KCB, CMG (1871 - 1915)

) Brigadier General Sir John Edmond Gough /ˈɡɒf/ VC, KCB, CMG (25 October 1871 – 22 February 1915), known as Johnnie Gough, was born in Muree, India and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the hig...

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General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO MP (1870 - 1963)

General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO (12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963), was a senior officer in the British Army, who commanded the British Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918 during the Firs...

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General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (1858 - 1930)

General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC (26 May 1858 – 12 August 1930) was a British soldier and commander of the British II Corps and Second Army of the BEF during World War I....

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Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO (1866 - 1948)

Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1920-23; Chief of Imperial General Staff 1926-33; Field-Marshal 1928; Master Gunner, St James's Park 1929-46; Constable of the Tower of London 1933-38 --------------...

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Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO GStJ (1864 - 1940)

Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO GStJ (23 September 1864 – 18 March 1940) was a British Army general who served in World War I at Gallipoli and the Somme Offensive. He was al...

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General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD (1853 - 1947)

GCB GCMG DSO TD ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------- General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 194...

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Hon. Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes of Rolvenden (1879 - 1954)

another possible death date is 8 January 1954 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------- Auckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC (21 Ju...

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Lt.-Col. Arnold Allen Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle MP (1858 - 1942)

Lt.-Col. Arnold Allen Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle was born on 1 June 1858 at Sloane Street, Chelsea, London, England. He was the son of William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle and Sophia M...

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Brigadier-General Sir Edward Le Marchant, 4th Baronet, KCB, CBE (deceased)

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Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO (1881 - 1964)

Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as "Jumbo" Wilson, saw active service in the Second Boer War and First World War...

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Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope MP (1883 - 1963)

Admiral of the Fleet The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope KT, GCB, OM, DSO and two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963), was a British admiral of the Second ...

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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone MP (1874 - 1957)

"Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of AthloneKG PC GCB GCMG GCVO DSO ADC(P) FRS (born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was ...

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Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby MP (1865 - 1948)

Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative poli...

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Colonel Sir Ernest Makins, KBE, CB, DSO (1869 - 1959)

Sir Ernest Makins, KBE, CB, DSO, Honorary Brigadier General (born 14 October 1869 — died 18 May 1959) was a British military officer, statesman and Conservative Party politician. He was educated at W...

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Lt.-Col. John Hutton Bisdee, VC, OBE (1869 - 1930)

Enlisted in the ranks of the1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen in the South African War (VC); served in World War I (OBE), &c. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----------------...

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Lt.-Gen. Sir James Melville Babington, KCB, KCMG (1854 - 1936)

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Gideon Jacobus Scheepers (1878 - 1902)

Kommandant Gideon Jacobus Scheepers (1878 - 1902), Boere militêre leier tydens die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog. Gideon Scheepers is gebore op 4 April 1878 op Middelburg in die Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek. Op...

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Colonel Maurice Gifford, CMG (1859 - 1910)

Hon. Maurice Raymond Gifford CMG (5 May 1859 – 1 July 1910) was a British military officer. Biography Born at Ampney Park, Gloucester, he was the son of Robert Francis Gifford, 2nd Baron Giff...

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Brigadier General Charles FitzClarence VC (1865 - 1914)

Brigadier General Charles FitzClarence VC (8 May 1865 – 2 November 1914) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy th...

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Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore, VC (1871 - 1962)

Alexander Edward Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore VC, DSO, MVO, DL (22 April 1872 – 29 January 1962), more commonly known by the courtesy title Viscount Fincastle, which he bore until 1907, was a Scottish...

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Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (1879 - 1919)

Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (born Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes; 16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician and diplomatic adviser, particularly a...

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Edward (1851 - 1904)

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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (1872 - 1899)

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (8 January 1872- 17 December 1899), son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was born in Umballa, India, and receive...

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Jan Smuts, Field Marshal MP (1870 - 1950)

From Ancestry 24.com Born at Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West on 24th May 1870 and died at Doornkloof, near Irene on 11th September 1950), statesman, soldier and philosopher, was the second child in ...

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Frederick Roberts MP (1832 - 1914)

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Mahatma Gandhi, महात्मा MP (1869 - 1948)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , born 2 October 1869[1] – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent c...

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Field Marshal The 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, KG MP (1850 - 1916)

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916), was an Irish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul who won fame...

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George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley MP (1883 - 1968)

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General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG (1864 - 1925)

General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG (20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War g...

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Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1st Governor-General of New Zealand MP (1870 - 1941)

Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool GCB, GCMG, GBE, MVO, PC, DL, JP (27 May 1870 – 15 May 1941), styled Viscount Hawkesbury between 1905 and 1907, was a British Liberal pol...

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC MP (1861 - 1928)

Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC From Wikipedia (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British E...

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO (1873 - 1956)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Roya...

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Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861 - 1936)

Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO (23 April 1861–14 May 1936) was a British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during the First World War...

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General Sir Cyril White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (1876 - 1940)

General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (23 September 1876 – 13 August 1940) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1920 to ...

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Major Frederick Russell "Fred" Burnham ("The King of Scouts") (1861 - 1947)

Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching wo...

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Johannes Gerhardus Terblanche (c.1868 - 1950)

Dear Aubrey Your grandfather’s POW information: POW nr 9310 Name Johannes Gerhardus Terblanche Age:26 Address; Tweekop, Ladybrand Captured Fouriesburg 1900/07/30 Sent to Diyatalawa on board the Ship ...

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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell MP (1857 - 1941)

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (pronounced /ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊ.əl/) OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieute...

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Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom MP (1874 - 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1...

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Johanna Brandt (van Warmelo) MP (1876 - 1964)

Johanna Brandt (18 November 1876 in Heidelberg / Transvaal – 13 January 1964 in Nuweland) was a South African propagandist of Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and writer on contr...

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President Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1857 - 1916)

Marthinus Theunis Steyn was born at Rietfontein, Winburg on 2 October 1857 and died at Bloemfontein on 28 November 1916. His father was Marthinus Steyn and his mother Cecilia Wessels. He first attend...

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Generaal Christiaan Rudolf De Wet MP (1854 - 1922)

Christiaan R. de Wet was een van die mees befaamde en heroiëse van die Boeregeneraals. Sy ontsnappings en oorwinnings het die wêreld aan sy voete gehad. Volgens navorsing was hy die sesde kind van ve...

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Petrus Jacobus Joubert MP (1831 - 1900)

Petrus Jacobus Joubert (20 January 1834 – 28 March 1900), better known as Piet Joubert was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900. During the first British annexation of t...

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General "Koos" de la Rey MP (1847 - 1914)

General Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey (22 October 1847 - 15 September 1914), known as Koos de la Rey was a Boer general during the Second Boer War and is widely regarded as being one of the strongest mil...

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James Barry Munnik Hertzog MP (1867 - 1942)

James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as J. B. M. Hertzog (3 April 1867 near Wellington, Cape Colony – 21 November 1942 in Pretoria, Union of South Africa) was a Boer general during the second Anglo...

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Generaal Piet Cronje MP (1836 - 1911)

Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé, commonly known as Piet Cronjé (Colesberg, Cape Colony, 4 October 1836 – Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 4 February 1911) was a general of the South African Republic's military forces ...

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