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Zambia and Zimbabwe - Overview ==(Northern and Southern Rhodesia)The purpose of this project is to outline projects related to Zambia, Zimbabwe (and to a certain extent Malawi) - the former Rhodesia and Nyasaland.Having them all listed in one place will easily establish if projects already exist or whether new projects are needed.Please add any projects which have not been listed.
This is project will concentrate on the existence of Grey’s Scouts , a predominantly ‘white’ mounted infantry battalion that fought insurgents in the Rhodesian Bush War between 1975 -1979. The unit was disbanded at the conclusion of the Bush War in 1979 and became a regiment of the Special Forces of Zimbabwe in June 1980. It was totally disbanded in July 1986 due to lack of resources. Grey's Sc...
RHODESIAN Coffee Corner = also ZIMBABWE For ALL geni-users who need to have mutual contact of just want to communicatie to exchange news or gossip about profiles with roots or descendants in Rhodesia / Zimbabwe. See other Coffee Corner-projects for more information and feel free to add here the Rhodesian way to meet & greet old / new / young friends worldwide...!
Croatians in the Central African region==The number of Croatian immigrants in the Rhodesia's was always very small. In 1921, there were only 3 Croats recorded in Northern Rhodesia. The 1923 census of Northern Rhodesia, recorded an native African population of nearly one million, plus 3750 Europeans in the territory, so the Croatians comprised only 0.08% of the non African population According...
Thomas Moodie Trek 1892 ==From Bethlehem, 5th May 1892 to Water Fall, 3rd January 1893.Rhodes believed it was essential to his plans of occupying Manicaland by establishing a European settlement. He obtained the services of George Benjamin Dunbar Moodie to recruit farmers from the Orange Free State, with the offer of a 3 000 morgen farm in Gazaland to every man and boy who could trek to the Eas...
Zambia ‧ 2012 ‧ Summer Olympics==LONDON ‧ 2012 ‧ OLYMPIANS====ATHLETICS* ♂ ‧ 100m ‧ • Gerald PHIRI ‧ 1988 ‧ ⌘ * ♂ ‧ 800m ‧ • Prince MUMBA ‧ Kitwe 1984 ‧ ⌘ * ♀ ‧ 100m • Chauzje CHOOSHA ‧ ‧ [ ⌘] ‧ ====BOXING* ♂ ‧ light welter-weight ‧ Gilbert CHOOMBE ‧ ‧ [ ⌘] ‧ ====JUDO* ♂ ‧ -81kg ‧ Boas MUNYONGA ‧ ‧ [ ⌘] ‧ ====SWIMMING* ♂ ‧ 100m ‧ back-stroke ‧ Zane JORDAN ‧ ‧ ⌘ ‧ * ♀ ‧ 100m ‧ freestyle ‧ Jade A...
Early Rhodesian Settlers - after the Treks=The aim of this project is to add Geni profiles of early Southern Rhodesian/Rhodesian Settlers post 1895 (not considered to be Pioneers) who went to Rhodesia after the main Pioneering Treks of 1892 to 1895, and who are not listed on those projects. It excludes the territories to the North - Northern Rhodesa/Zambia and Nyasaland/Malawi* Thomas Moodie Tr...
CWGC Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery Zambia Image Right Courtesy of CWGC This cemetery contains 23 War Dead concentrated from Abercorn European Cemetery and 2 concentrated from Livingstone Cemetery. It also contains a special memorial to 1 casualty known to be buried in Chikuula Military Grave and special memorials to 2 casualties formerly commemorated on the Ikawa (or Old Fife) Memorial, whose gra...
The Meikle Brothers - Rhodesian Pioneers. The Meikle brothers, Thomas, John (Jack) and Stewart, are not mentioned in “Many Treks Made Rhodesia: by SJ Olivier. They travelled to Rhodesia as traders, probably accompanied by Cecil and his brother John Wallace. There have been references to a Trek led by the brothers, but this seems unlikely, and to date is unsubstantiated.The object of this projec...
Nyasaland; Malawi====== Image Right - Nyasaland Coat of Arms - By Fenn-O-maniC - Wiki Commons Nyasaland 1907–1964 - British Protectorate Capital Zomba Governor-Generals * 1907–1908 - Sir William Manning* 1963–1964 - Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones History • Established 6 July 1907• Federation 1 August 1953 • Dissolution 31 December 1963 • Independence 6 July 1964Area 102,564 km2 (39,600 sq mi) ...
Pilots of the SAAF Airforce 'The South African Air Force (SAAF) This is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria.The South African Air Force was established on 1 February 1920The Air Force has seen service in World War II and the Korean War. From 1966 the SAAF was involved in providing infantry support in a low intensity war ("The Border War") in Angola, South-West Africa (N...
Please link the profiles on Geni of people from African territories who were involved in WW1 to this project.There are however specific projects for the following ->==== World War One: Armed Forces - Rhodesia >==== South African Soldiers of World War One (1914-1918) Bold links are to Geni profiles or projects; others are to external web pages.Although many of the First World War’s highest pro...
The Medal for the Best Shot in the British Army, Infantry , was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1869 and was awarded annually from 1870 to 1882 to the best shot of the Infantry of the British Army, including the Royal Engineers and the Colonial Corps.In 1923, the medal was re-introduced by King George V and designated the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces . It could now be ...
Affleck Family - South Africa... with connections to Zimbabwe, Scotland and England (and beyond) Image Right: Coat of Arms associated with the Affleck name of Scotland - not to be used for all Affleck name holders! ===Variations Auchinleck /Aghlek There are no Affleck families listed in “Genealogical Institute of SA, Stellenbosch, 2011 SAF CD v 1”The purpose of his project is to establish the A...
The 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa was the eighth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the fourth to South Africa. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950. As well as South Africa, the tour included a game in Bulawayo in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.Led by Ireland's Tommy Smyth and managed by Walter E....
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Africa: Survivors=The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—making it ...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - South Africa: Survivors=The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—maki...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - Africa: Fatalities=The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—making it...
Early Settlers of Enkeldoorn - Main Pagebased on the Publication -===THE WHITES OF ENKELDOORN 1880 to 1980===A history of the families of european descent who settled in the area of Enkeldoorn (renamed Chivu) Rhodesia. now Zimbabwe.Author -- Sarel Van der Walt Completed in approximately the year 2001 The above document (attached to the project) is an invaluable historical record compiled over a...
Objective The purpose of this project is to record as many of the ORIGINAL settlers (Heads of the family groups) so that researchers can identify family lines and descendants. Secondly, current researchers who are descendants of the 1820 Settlers will be able to identify fellow researchers. Project Image - "The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay", by Thomas Baines, 1853 - Albany M...
The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces was instituted in 1953, as an Air Force version of the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces. One medal each can be awarded to the champion shot of annual small arms marksmanship competitions held by the Air Forces of the United Kingdom and those member countries of the British Commonwealth whose Governments desire to take...
All those from the Cape Colony and Natal Colony wiho fought and died on the Anglo side during the war British expeditionary efforts were aided significantly by local colonial forces from the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, Rhodesia During the war, the British army also included substantial contingents from South Africa itself. There were large communities of English-speaking immigrants and set...
1st CTH Grahamstown 1939-1945. Under the 6th SA Div. operated in Italy from Monte Cassino to the Alps. Further operations in Monte Stanco & the Po Valley. Reunions are celebrated on Friday the 13th. List of Personnel from Southern Rhodesia who were attached to the First City (Grahamstown) RegimentAbrams FJ, Adams JA, Alder GE, Alexander DE, Anderson JC, Arrowsmith AR, Austin CM, Austin JJ, Bake...
Great Zimbabwe The purpose of this project is to outline the background of the ruins and recorded theories related to their origins. Projects on the people of Zimbabwe are in the pipeline UNESCO World Heritage Site - adopted as a national monument by the Zimbabwean government, and the old country of Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia adopted the name Zimbabwe . Zimbabwe is the Shona name of the ruins. ...
South African Defence Force *The main objective of this project is to add all profiles of people who served in the South African Defence Force . South African Defence Force # South African Defence Force/Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag# Founded 1957# Disbanded 1994 Service branches * South African Army* South African Navy* South African Air Force* South African Medical Service* Headquarters Pretoria, T...