Anglo-Boer War Archives

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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 23 NOVEMBER

UPDATED: 23/11/2023 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in…

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UPDATE: 12/10/2023 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of…

Steve LunderstedtSeptember 28, 2023

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28 September 1994, The Transport Museum at the Railway Station opens. The Railway Station Museum The Kimberley Transport Museum is…

Steve LunderstedtSeptember 14, 2023

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14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. The Memorial Road Shul opens for services The Jewish Synagogue…

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UPDATED: 17/08/2023 17 August 1872, The New Rush’s first church opens on Newton (Dutch/Hertzog) Square. 17 August 1908, Famous SA…

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UPDATED: 06/07/2023 6 July 1858, The battle of Slypklip where Kausob defeated by a Boer commando. 6 July 1968, Author…

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UPDATED: 06/04/2023 6 April 1900, Distribution of the Queen’s chocolate to the Town Guard. 6 April 1901, Brigadier General Brabant…

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UPDATED: 15/12/2022 15 December 1887, GRK Bradshaw, the Magistrate of Beaconsfield, killed when he fell off his panicked horse that…