Tag Archives: West End Cemetery

19 June 1932, Solomon T Plaatje dies in Pimville during a visit. 19 June 1992, The “Silver Assassin” Charlie Weir dies. DID YOU KNOW Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje’s last public meeting in Kimberley was on 24 May 1932 when he spoke in ...

5 June 1902, Death of Johnnie Grimmer at Caledon. 5 June 2003, Oldest surviving SA Currie Cup cricketer Jack Frank dies. Pictured in the veld, from the left: Cecil Rhodes, Tony de la Cruz, and Johnnie Grimmer. DID YOU KNOW ...

UPDATED: 10/05/2018 10 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library opens. 10 May 1919, Robert Close, Manager of the Kimberley Mine, dies after a short illness. DID YOU KNOW The Beaconsfield Library has always been in what is now known as the ...

30 April 1900, The Mafeking relief column ready to depart from Dronfield farm. 30 April 1900, Dr William Grimmer, Kimberley pioneer, dies. 30 April 1902, Town Council implements speed limit at 6mph for cars. 30 April 1934, The Alexandersfontein Hotel ...

UPDATED: 07/03/2018 7 March 1896, Theo Samuels takes 7 for 42 for GW against England. 7 March 1900, Refugees given passes to leave Kimberley. 7 March 1923, Diamond buyer William Thompson killed by Delville Wood survivor Arthur Stanley, at Rus ...

13 February 1946, Joseph van Praagh, Pioneer of Rhodesia dies. DID YOU KNOW Joseph Van Praagh (pictured) was born in the County of Middlesex, England on 15 July 1864 and died in Kimberley on 13 February 1946. He was a ...

UPDATE: 14/11/2017 14 November 1901, The renovated, improved Wesley Church re-opens for services in West End. DID YOU KNOW Some of the [early] diggers [in Kimberley] were Wesleyans and endeavoured to keep up the forms of religion. The Rev. J. ...

8 NOVEMBER 1899, Huge swarms of locusts invade Kimberley. 8 NOVEMBER 1918, Spanish Flu Relief committee formed. 8 NOVEMBER 1952, Mayibuye Uprising in No 2 Galeshewe – 13 killed. (Alos see further information from the McGregor Museum below this story) ...

17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in flu epidemic. DID YOU KNOW Robert Sivewright Chatfield was born on 26 September 1880.  Lt Robert Chatfield served ...

12 September 1949, Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery. DID YOU KNOW The discovery of a corpse, burnt to discourage identification – found buried in a shallow grave between Koffiefontein and Fauresmith on 12 September 1949 ...