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Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) Battle of Rooiwal

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Greeff, Kekewich, Kemp, Pieterse and 3 others

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Lucas Johannes Bartel Pieterse (1857 - 1902)
Boer War: KIA Battle of Rooiwal He was killed during the same battle as his brother in law Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter See remarks under Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter. Birth (09/01/1857) : "Sou...
Matthys Hendrik Greeff (1875 - 1902)
Boer War: Battle of Rooiwal===* Marriage(12/06/1899) : South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch ( : 18 March 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Na...
Hendrik Johannes Yzelle (c.1875 - 1902)
DN 11 April 1902 ---at Rooiwal on the battlefield
Major General Robert George Kekewich (1854 - 1914)
From Wikipedia:Major General Robert George Kekewich CB (17 June 1854 - 5 November 1914) was a Victorian era British Army officer.Kekewich was the second son of Trehawke Kekewich, of Peamore, near Exete...
Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter, b1c8d1e5f9g4 (1857 - 1902)
Commandant of the Wolmaranstad Commando. Was with General Cronje at Paardeberg from where he escaped with 50 men of whom only 30 reached General de Wet. He fought in many battles. Near the end of the w...

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The Battle of Rooiwal was an engagement of the Second Boer War. It took place on 11 April 1902 and resulted in a victory by a British force commanded by Colonel Robert Kekewich over a Boer commando led by General Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter and General Jan Kemp

Die Slag van Rooiwal was 'n stryd tydens die Anglo-Boere Oorlog. Dit het op 11 April 1902 plaasgevind en het gelei tot 'n oorwinning, deur 'n Britse mag onder bevel van Kolonel Robert Kekewich, oor 'n Boerekommando onder leiding van Generaal Ferdinandus Jacobus Potgieter en Generaal Jan Kemp

See/sien: Rooiwal from A military history of Perthshire, 1899-1902 and the Times History, volume V via David Biggins.

Casualties

70 Anglo side:

50 Boer side:

Matthys Hendrik Greeff 1875-1902
Lucas Johannes Bartel Pieterse 1857-1902
Ferdinand Jacobus Potgieter 1857-1902

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