The Armoured Train Incident and Capture of Winston Churchill
This is the site where an armoured train was ambushed by the Boers on the 15th November 1899, and Winston Churchill (then a newspaper ...
Places To Visit
Chieveley Military Cemetery
This is the site of No 4 Stationary Hospital. Many soldiers who were killed in action during the battles to relieve Ladysmith, or who ...
Clouston Koppie of Remembrance
During the 1960s, most of the graves and memorials from the Battle of Colenso (15th December 1899) were relocated to this site on ground ...
Colenso Battlefield
The Gun Positions. The Battle of Colenso was the first attempt by General Sir Redvers Buller VC to relieve the town of Ladysmith, which ...
Tugela Heights
This massive battle was fought between the 12th and 28th February, 1900. It was General Sir Redvers Buller’s 5th attempt to relieve Ladysmith and ...
Elandslaagte Battlefield
The second battle of the Anglo-Boer War was fought here on the 21st October 1899. The Boers had occupied the station the previous night ...
Ladysmith Battlefield Sites
Ladysmith Siege Museum
An outstanding collection of items related to the 118 day siege of Ladysmith, situated alongside the historic Town Hall. Co-ordinates: S28° 33.544’ ...
Rangeworthy Military Cemetery
General Sir Redvers Buller’s 2nd attempt to relieve Ladysmith was fought in the iNthabamnyama hills above Rangeworthy Farm between the 20th and 22nd January ...
Mount Alice Monument
General Sir Redvers Buller VC’s headquarters during the Upper Tugela Operations. This is situated on private property and therefore permission should be obtained from ...
Spearman’s Military Cemetery
This was situated above the British camp that was moved from Chieveley for the Upper Tugela Operations by General Sir Redvers Buller VC’s army. ...