Historical records matching Genl. Philip Rudolph Botha
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About Genl. Philip Rudolph Botha
===Boer Officer AOB=== Added by AR Swanepoel
Database ID: 184
Name: Botha, P. R.
Rank: Vecht Generaal
===Burger Deaths ABO=== Added by AR Swanepoel
Database ID: 404
Surname: BOTHA
First Name: Phillip Rudolf general
Age: 50
Address: Sprinboklaagte - Vrede
Commando: Vrede
Battle: Doornebrg-Ventersburg
Date: 06/03/1901
Buried: Kalwerfontein, Vrede
Photograph of General Philip Botha, leader of the Kroonstad Commando. (Source: Van Zyl, Die Helde-Album van ons Vryheidstryd [1944], P120).
Boedel / Estate No. VAB MHG B3037
EGGSA Grafsteen / Gravestone
BOTHA, Philip Rudolph (Greytown, Natal 30.6.1851 - Doornberg, near Ventersburg. OFS 6.3.190l) He was the elder brother of Gen Louis Botha. At the commencement of the SA War he lived at Vrede. OFS, so joined the Boer forces there. He was appointed asst field general, first coming into prominence at Paardeberg in attempting to free Gen Cronje. His rearguard actions at Poplar Grove ensured the escape of President Steyn and President Kruger. He commanded the Harrismith Commando and was forced back to Winburg and the Brandwater Basin, but escaped with Gen De Wet. He then operated in the Springkaansnek area where he lured Major D. Laing into an ambush near Lindley in which Laing was killed. Various skirmishes followed in the Ventersburg district. Gen Botha was killed while storming a British post near Ventersburg.
Source: South African Military Whoʼs Who, 1452-1992 by Ian S. Uys. Fortress Publishers, 1992
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Genl. Philip Rudolph Botha's Timeline
1851 |
June 30, 1851
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Greytown, (South) Umzinyathi DC, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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1874 |
November 3, 1874
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Vrede, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa
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1876 |
April 27, 1876
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1877 |
October 14, 1877
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Cornelia, Vrede District, Oranje Vrij Staat, South Africa
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1881
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1882
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1883 |
November 11, 1883
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Vrede, Thabo Mofutsanyane, Free State, South Africa
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1886
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Vrede, Oranje Vrystaat
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1895 |
April 16, 1895
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1898 |
June 30, 1898
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Vrede, Thabo Mofutsanyane, FS, South Africa
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