UPDATED: 07/05/2020 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne Dipico, inducted. DID YOU KNOW Manne Emsley Dipico (pictured) was born in Greenpoint ...
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UPDATED: 15/04/2020 15 April 1891, The Kimberley African choir leaves for their England tour. 15 April 1901, Mayor’s Siege Medal (Kimberley Star) handed out in the Public Gardens. 15 April 1902, Foundation stone laid for Beaconsfield Public School. 15 April ...
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UPDATED: 06/03/2020 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KIMBERLEY REGIMENT The Kimberley Regiment’s origins lie in the early diamond rush days in Kimberley in the 1870s. To ...
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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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UPDATED: 11/11/2019 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice ...
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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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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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10 September 1874, The first Good Templars Hall in South Africa opens in Kimberley. 10 September 1910, 1600 Black miners arrested by the police following the Wesselton strike. 10 September 1972, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and ...
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23 August 1875, Foundation stone for the Synagogue on D’Arcy Street laid. 23 August 1905, Springbok rugby player Wilfred Trenery (pictured) killed in a mining accident. DID YOU KNOW Wilfred Eldred Trenery was born in Hayle, Cornwall, England on 21 ...
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UPDATED: 28/06/2019 28 June 1882, Annie Penton, an elderly lady found with lots of gold and cash, arrested for IDB. 28 June 1902, Presentation of General Service medals to the Kimberley Regiment. 28 June 1903, Frank Mandy, compound manager and ...
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