UPDATED: 24/10/2019 24 October 1899, The first action of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm Pictured is the Centenary Memorial Service at Dronfield on 24 October 1999, the Boshof Commando honouring their Fallen. DID YOU KNOW By the time ...
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UPDATED: 24/07/2019 24 July 1878, The battle of Dithakong (Takoon). (Pictured are Luka Jantjie and Charles Warren.) DID YOU KNOW The battle of Dithakong – also known as Takoon, Litako or Lattakoo was one of the decisive actions of the ...
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UPDATED: 06/06/2019 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June 1911, John Weston gives first public performance in an aeroplane. 6 June 1943, Well-known artist and architect William Timlin (pictured) ...
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UPDATED: 04/06/2019 4 June 1878, Charles Warren arrives at Griquatown with a military force. 4 June 1902, Peace celebration at Monument Hill. DID YOU KNOW Lt-Colonel Charles Warren’s colonial force arrived at Griquatown from the Eastern Cape on Tuesday 4 ...
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UPDATED: 17/05/2019 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included the Kimberley Mounted Corps. 17 May 1938, Duggan-Cronin Gallery opened by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer. 17 May 1972, Sonny Leon resigns ...
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UPDATED: 15/05/2019 15 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer rescued from a mob. DID YOU KNOW The resignation of Ernest Oppenheimer as Mayor of Kimberley and as a Town Councillor on 12 May 1915 as a result of the sinking of the ...
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UPDATED: 14/05/2019 14 May 1878, Griquatown besieged by the Griqua people. 14 May 1902, Royal Munster Fusiliers Promenade concert in aid of Nazareth House. 14 May 1903, Three Black miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers Mine. ...
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6 February 1899, The Kimberley Rifles and the Diamond Fields Horse amalgamate to form the Kimberley Regiment. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status ...
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UPDATE: 16/02/2018 16 February 1900, The Battle of Dronfield. 16 February 1901, Four Africans killed in a mud rush in De Beers Mine. 16 February 2001, Clyde N Terry Hall of Militaria opens at the MOTH Centre. DID YOU KNOW ...
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