Tag Archives: World War 1

UPDATED: 08/05/2018 8 May 1945, VE Day – Germany surrenders to the Allies. DID YOU KNOW The formal surrender of the German military forces in World War II, and thus the laying down of arms, took place at 15h00 on ...

UPDATED: 13/04/2018 13 April 1898, The Town Council approve the new Town Hall be built on Market Square. 13 April 1900, Tolls end in Kimberley after being gazetted. 13 April 1917, Springbok Septimus Ledger killed in action at Arras. Pictured ...

UPDATED: 06/03/2018 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Regiment’s origins lie in the early diamond rush days in Kimberley in the 1870s. To bring law and ...

21 February 1851, Barney Barnato born in London. 21 February 1885, Foundation stone of the Newton NGK Church laid. 21 February 1894, 25 miners killed in a De Beers mine mudrush. 21 February 1899, England defeat GW XV by an Innings and 25 ...

UPDATED: 29/01/2018 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW That a month before the Great Fire of July ...

UPDATED: 15/11/2017 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...

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. ...

UPDATED: 26/10/2017 26 OCTOBER 1888, Nazareth House opens on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1892, SA rugby player Harry Boyes (pictured) dies tragically. 26 OCTOBER  1897, Theatre Royal opens in Kimberley on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1941, The altar of the re-built ...

5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship. 5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1990, Inaugural Barney Barnato Golf Tournament. DID YOU KNOW Bevil Rudd, (pictured), the grandson of co-founder Charles Rudd of the ...

UPDATED: 01/09/2017 1 September 1877, Jan Hoogstander murdered by William Danster near Barkly West. 1 September 1892, Savoy Hotel on Boshof Road opens for business. 1 September 1918, DBCM Director and Chairman Francis Oats (pictured) dies. 1 September 1964, Diamond evaluator Ellis ...