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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 ...

24 October 1899, The first battle of the siege of Kimberley at Dronfield farm DID YOU KNOW The first action of the siege of Kimberley in 1899, at Dronfield farm. The battle of Dronfield was the first time in military ...

UPDATED: 24/07/2018 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 ...

UPDATED: 06/06/2018 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) ...

UPDATED: 04/06/2018 4 June 1878, Charles Warren arrives at Griquatown with a military force. 4 June 1902, Peace celebration at Monument Hill. (Pictured is an 1873 map of the region) DID YOU KNOW Lt-Colonel Charles Warren’s colonial force arrived at ...

UPDATED: 17/05/2018 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included the Kimberley Mounted Corps. 17 May 1972, Sonny Leon resigns from the Kimberley City Council. (Pictured is the Kimberley City ...

UPDATED: 15/05/2018 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 ...

UPDATED: 14/05/2018 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 African miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers Mine. ...

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 ...