#boerwar

[18thfoot]

12th February 1900 Sampson Gough French was born 23rd January 1870, the eldest son of Savage French of Cuskinny, County Cork, and his wife Frances Maria, daughter of George Gough of Rathronan, Co. Tipperary. Through his mother, French was related to General Charles Gough VC, and General Hugh Gough VC, his mother’s brothers. French was educated at Winchester from 1884 to 1887 and then went to Sandhurst in 1889, being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment in 1891. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1892 and to Captain in 1899. He commanded the Royal Irish Regiment section of Mounted Infantry in the Irish Company in 1896 during the Mashonaland Rebellion in modern-day Zimbabwe. French was wounded in action on 26th September 1896. French again served in South Africa from October 1899 when he was attached to the newly-formed Rhodesia Regiment under the command of Colonel Herbert Plumer. Once it became clear that the Boers were not going to invade Rhodesia, Plumer decided to advance south in an attempt to lift the siege of Mafeking. Plumer’s force was stopped by a destroyed railway bridge over the Crocodile Pools at Gaberones. The bridge was overlooked by a Boer fortification on a Kopje and attempts to repair it were thwarted by the Boers shelling the bridge each day. French was killed in an attack on the Boer position. A detailed article about the action in which French fell can be found at; https://www.jstor.org/stable/40980263?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents French’s burial place at Gaberones cemetery; https://billiongraves.com/grave/Sampson-Gouch-French/7053795 French’s family tree http://www.turtlebunbury.com/family/bunburyfamily_related/bunbury_family_related_gough.html#col photo credit https://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=31&TableName=ta_boerwarfactfile&BrowseID=9 #18thfoot #royalirishregiment #redcoat #britisharmy #britishempire #boerwar #southafrica #rhodesia https://www.instagram.com/p/Coju7NmtXOv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ladyteazywritesaboutstuff]

One man - two lives, both of them extraordinary.

Here’s my new book. Out end of August 2022 and available for pre-order NOW in all good bookshops.

[foundphotouk]

Boer war c.1901. J.K.Rashleigh rides the carrousel. War tourist album. These photographs show how context can challenge your persecution of an image. From an album of photographs taken during the Second Anglo Boer war. While the war raged a group of tourists visited the outskirts of the battle fields, drank cocktails, visited the races, swam in the sea and rode the fairground rides. Bearing in mind that this war also included the creation of the first concentration camps, the contrast is striking and haunting. #FoundPhotograph #FoundPhotography #OldPhotograph #PhotographicHistory #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanHistory #Boerwar https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSlKHVsKU2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wiseoldowl72]

Down at Children's Mercy for Jami's pre surgery testing before his heart surgery on Monday. These shadowboxes are in the waiting room. They are like the soldiers kids would play with in the 19th C. We are in the oldest part of the hospital. They are celebrating 125yrs serving Children in the KC area. . . #lifeonosage #family #childrensmercy #boerwar #shadowbox #kansascitymissouri (at Independence, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIp0JTrDHg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[victorianchap]

🔸Group of unknown nippers posing for portrait in Spitalfields, London. There is a rare clarity of vision in the tender photography of Horace Warner that brings us startling close to the Londoners of 1900 and permits us to look them in the eye for the first time. #victorianchaps #goodolddays #badoldtimes #victorian #retro #dickensian #portrait #vintage #oldphoto #spitalfields #london #nostalgia #victorian #1900s #edwardian #streetlife #poverty #boerwar #streetlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CCO1vV2HfJK/?igshid=1bye1k763vdpi

[omniatlas]

NEW MAP: Sub-Saharan Africa 1900: Invasion of the Boer Republics (05 Jun 1900) https://buff.ly/3cbJPK4 The early Boer victories of 1899 prompted the British to send huge numbers of reinforcements to South Africa. By early 1900 the British were ready to strike back, evicting the Boers from Cape Colony and Natal, and invading and annexing the Orange Free State and South African Republic. Unable to match their enemy’s numbers, the Boers resorted to guerrilla warfare, dragging the war out for another two years. #cartographer #cartography #historia #histories #historygeek #historymaker #instahistory #strategy #subsaharanafrica #worldhistory #newmap #britishempire #boerwar #orangefreestate #transvaal #southafrica #southafricanhistory #boers #historyofafrica #africanhistory #20thcentury #19thcentury #victorian #victorianera #capecolony #militaryhistory #warfare #wars #military #afrika (at Pretoria, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_zMKr9AduJ/?igshid=18egc0pndsc0l

[thecreakingdoor]

I love coincidences! I was thrilled to see that @tom.finds found partial piece of a farthing from 1899 whilst mudlarking recently which matches my 1899 Queen Victoria farthing I found at a car boot sale in Grantham recently. My understanding of why we find cut out coins is that they were a form of trench art created by soldiers during the war and that this one was likely made during the Second Boer War (11 Oct 1899 – 31 May 1902). . . . #trenchart #cutoutcoin #mudlarking #farthing #queenvictoria #queenvictoriafarthing #boerwar #victoriancoin #coincidence #happycoincidence #1899 #1899coin https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbcw1BCNU2M/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rupertmatthews]

The splendid #BoerWar memorial in front of #YorkMinster. Some lovely stonework there. (at York Minster) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cab84jLgGwt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[penandswordbooks]

What are you reading this week? 👓 Here is a short stack of titles from our backlist, have you read any of these? 📚 • #TBR #WhatAreYouReading #BookStack #Aviation #Military #History #HistoryBooks #ReadingList #NonFiction #Hardback #WW2 #WW2History #Aircraft #ColdWar #BoerWar #AngloZuluWar #AncientHistory #FrontlineBooks #MilitaryHistory #AviationHistory #PenAndSword #PenAndSwordBooks (at Pen and Sword Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPSxrFprB9K/?utm_medium=tumblr

[craigslyst2470]

Lest we forget! 🙏 . . . . . . . . . . #mohawk #firstnations #ww1#france #normandy #ww2 #boerwar #inremembrance #remembranceday2020 #dayofremembrance #remembranceday #remembrance #remembrancewednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CHdR-7JDL4M/?igshid=1al15yibznwy5

[prettyvintagehouse]

Rare Antique Boer War teacup #vintage #antique #vintageteacups #antiqueteacup #collectible #boerwar #lordkitchener #generalfrench #boerwars #rare #old #collectable #vintageshop #etsyshop #teatime #timefortea #teaforone #teabreak https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5F7kVB7cc/?igshid=1f2096m3bgcur

[18thfoot]

#18thfoot #royalirishregiment #redcoat #britisharmy #britishempire #boerwar #southafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDtxHAj46k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aussiedisneynerd]

Anzac Day (Australian & New Zealand Army Corps)- 25th April

For those who lived overseas, Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

I am so proud to be Australian and from an Army family. I am also grateful for their sacrifice that they made for our lives that we have today.

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As we stand apart,

We stand together in the spirit of our veterans and their family

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

Lest We Forget

[mumma-ds-cakes-catering]

#rememberthem #rememberanceday #armstice #WWI #WWII #VIETNAM #BOERWAR #IRAQ #AFGHANISTAN #MALAYSIA #adf #armyfamily #navyfamily #husband #brother #bestfriend #father #ccpchrisburnett #ableseaman #barrybell #frogman #hero #alwaysinourhearts #foreverinourmind #11day #11hour #silence https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sweArjldd/?igshid=1bu35us25djdi

[historyboy78]

Portrait of an Ancestor Frank Bean (1869 - 1957) 2x Great-Grandfather Private - Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) - Served in India Trooper 39496 - 135 Company Yeomanry - Served in #southafrica Fought at the Siege of Ladysmith 2 Nov 1899 – 28 Feb 1900 (2nd Boer War) #genealogy #familyhistory #rememberingourancestors #ancestry #military #boerwar #riflebrigade #militaryancestors (at Great Leighs) https://www.instagram.com/p/B39efcNA3Bk/?igshid=1gkt7jhtioxzh

[victorianchap]

🔸A group of nippers with topical posters dated 4th June, posing for a portrait in Spitalfields, London. This Photo referred to by a Gwen McGilvray with headlines at the end of the Boer War, dating it to 1902. There is a rare clarity of vision in the tender photography of Horace Warner that brings us startling close to the Londoners of 1900 and permits us to look them in the eye for the first time. #victorianchaps #goodolddays #badoldtimes #victorian #retro #dickensian #portrait #vintage #oldphoto #spitalfields #london #nostalgia #victorian #1900s #edwardian #streetlife #poverty #boerwar #streetlife (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHAe-8n0qP/?igshid=fmv92y082gf2