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The Battle of Sandfontein: the Role and Legacy of Major- General Sir Henry Timson Lukin
Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 34, Nr 2, 2006. doi: 10.5787/34-2-24 65 THE BATTLE OF SANDFONTEIN: THE ROLE AND LEGACY OF MAJOR- 1 GENERAL SIR HENRY TIMSON LUKIN Rodney C. Warwick2 Diocesan College, Cape Town Introduction Commemorative statues, plaques and monuments from decades past remain widespread across both the urban and rural South Africa landscape. Included amongst these is the stone likeness of General Tim Lukin in Cape Town: just one of such structures intended to encapsulate the emotions and memories of those who commissioned it. The South African involvement at Delville Wood ninety years ago would still resonate with some of the country’s population; those who at some stage have delved into reading up on the history of our participation in the First World War. However mention of the Battle of Sandfontein during the Union invasion of German South West Africa in 1914 to the same reasonably historically literate grouping, would from the larger proportion of them, most probably elicit an admittance of ignorance. Only the well-read enthusiast of South African military history would be aware of Lukin’s roles at both Delville Wood and Sandfontein, let alone how the latter engagement constituted one of the bleakest moments in the General’s career. This article revives debate about this long forgotten First World War military clash in Africa: the first full set battle-piece in which the two year old Union Defence Force was involved, and which resulted in a defeat for the South African forces. It also investigates the role of General Lukin therein, and how culpability for 1 This paper was presented at the 4th War and Society in Africa Conference: Strategy, Generalship and Command in Southern Africa: Past, Present, Future, held at the South African Military Academy, Saldanha, 4-6 September 2003. -
South Africa Mobilises: the First Five Months of the War Dr Anne Samson
5 Scientia Militaria vol 44, no 1, 2016, pp 5-21. doi:10.5787/44-1-1159 South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War Dr Anne Samson Abstract When war broke out in August 1914, the Union of South Africa found itself unprepared for what lay ahead. When the Imperial garrison left the Union during September 1914, supplies, equipment and a working knowledge of British military procedures reduced considerably. South Africa was, in effect, left starting from scratch. Yet, within five months and despite having to quell a rebellion, the Union was able to field an expeditionary force to invade German South West Africa and within a year agree to send forces to Europe and East Africa. This article explores how the Union Defence Force came of age in 1914. Keywords: South Africa, mobilisation, rebellion, Union Defence Force, World War 1 1. Introduction In August 1914, South Africa, along with many other countries, found itself at war. It was unprepared for this eventuality – more so than most other countries. Yet, within six weeks of war being declared, the Union sent a force into neighbouring German South West Africa. This was a remarkable achievement considering the Union’s starting point, and that the government had to deal with a rebellion, which began with the invasion. The literature on South Africa’s involvement in World War 1 is increasing. Much of it focused on the war in Europe1 and, more recently, on East Africa2 with South West Africa3 starting to follow. However, the home front has been largely ignored with most literature focusing on the rebellion, which ran from September to December 1914.4 This article aims to explore South Africa’s preparedness for war and to shed some insight into the speed with and extent to which the government had to adapt in order to participate successfully in it. -
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CITY COINS POSTAL Medal AUCTION 67 POSTAL MEDAL AUCTION 67 CLOSING DATE 26TH AUGUST 2016 17.00 hrs. (S.A.) GROUND FLOOR TULBAGH CENTRE RYK TULBAGH SQUARE FORESHORE CAPE TOWN, 8001 SOUTH AFRICA P.O. BOX 156 SEA POINT, 8060 CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA TEL: +27 21 425 2639 FAX: +27 21 425 3939 [email protected] • www.citycoins.com CATALOGUE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY ON OUR WEBSITE INDEX PAGES PREFACE ............................................................................................................................. 2 – 5 THE STORY OF THE DATED QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 7 – 14 by ROBERT MITCHELL .................................................................................................................... THE MEDALS OF THE CAPE COPPER COMPANY 43 – 47 FOR THE DEFENCE OF O’OKIEP by ROBERT MITCHELL ....................................... TOWNSEND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS ........................................ 48 ALPHABETICAL SURNAME INDEX .............................................................................. 87 – 88 PRICES REALISED AUCTION 66 ..................................................................................... 90 – 92 BIDDING GUIDELINES REVISED ..................................................................................... 93 CONDITIONS OF SALE REVISED ..................................................................................... 94 LOTS WORLD WAR I GALLANTRY AWARDS TO SOUTH AFRICANS ............................ 1 – 7 ORDERS AND DECORATIONS ....................................................................................... -
THE DIARY of ROBERT JOHN MULLINS (1833-1 91 3) Robert John Mullins Aged 23, Taken Just Before His Marriage to Harriet Jane Roe on 24 April 1862
THE DIARY OF ROBERT JOHN MULLINS (1833-1 91 3) Robert John Mullins aged 23, taken just before his marriage to Harriet Jane Roe on 24 April 1862 Harriet Jane (Jennie) Roe aged 16 taken just before her marriage to Robert John Mullins on 24 April 1862 The Mullins Family Standing left to right: Penna, Alec, Bob, Ethel, Oxo, Basil Hampden Jones Seated left to rig h t: Nonie, Charles, Cuthbert, Jennie, Win, Ruth, Robert John, Hilda, Jane in Robert John Mullins Harriet Jane [Jennie] Mullins IV is volume Ijas been printed and bound by dye Departm ent of 'Jfistory JZlyodes Xlniversity Jt is dedicated to dye memory of D r B renda Niclyolb uflyo collaborated witly N a n cy Clyarton in its preparation for publication, and wlyo died shortly after reviewing dye final manuscript. Editors: Dr B.M. Nicholls N.C.J. Charton 1998 VI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Editors wish to acknowledge the generous help and encouragement of many people. The late Mr Jock Sturrock and his wife Judy (granddaughter of Robert and Jenny Mullins) gave generously of time, money and effort. We have received generous help from members of the Rhodes University staff in a number of Departments: African Languages, Law, Classics, Music and English in particular, from Mr Oakley West of the Geography Department who spent many hours researching the diary for the maps. We are grateful to them for specific help given and for the way they have strengthened our sense of the University as a community of scholars. The members of the Cory Library staff have contributed greatly in their constant and characteristic helpfulness. -
Music and Militarisation During the Period of the South African Border War (1966-1989): Perspectives from Paratus
Music and Militarisation during the period of the South African Border War (1966-1989): Perspectives from Paratus Martha Susanna de Jongh Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University Supervisor: Professor Stephanus Muller Co-supervisor: Professor Ian van der Waag December 2020 Stellenbosch University https://scholar.sun.ac.za Declaration By submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author thereof (unless to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication thereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. Date: 29 July 2020 Copyright © 2020 Stellenbosch University All rights reserved i Stellenbosch University https://scholar.sun.ac.za Abstract In the absence of literature of the kind, this study addresses the role of music in militarising South African society during the time of the South African Border War (1966-1989). The War on the border between Namibia and Angola took place against the backdrop of the Cold War, during which the apartheid South African government believed that it had to protect the last remnants of Western civilization on the African continent against the communist onslaught. Civilians were made aware of this perceived threat through various civilian and military channels, which included the media, education and the private business sector. The involvement of these civilian sectors in the military resulted in the increasing militarisation of South African society through the blurring of boundaries between the civilian and the military. -
Squt,H Africa
HISTORY OF SQUT,H AFRICA SINCE SEPTEMBER 1795 BY GEORGE MCCALL THEAL, LITT.D., LLD. ,.,..ULY ...... O. I".a AaoUV_ O. '1'R& OAP. OOLOlfY, AJrD .'1' PBDJUnI OOLOJIIAL BlBTOBIOO&"'•• aa WITH SIXTEEN MAPS AND CHARTS IN FIVE VOLUMES VOL. III. THE CAPE OOLONY FROM 1846 TO 1860, NATAL FROM: 1845 TO 185f. BRITISH KAFFRARIA FROM 1847 TO 1860, AND THE ORANGE RIVER SOVEREIGNTY AND 'l'RE TRANSVAAL REPOBLIO FROllI 184'1 TO 1854 ? 1~~~,t~~11 Dhananjayarao Gadgil Libnuy lan~ om ma DO m~ m~ IRIIII GIPE-PlnN~002304 • 'LONDON SW A N SONNENSCHEIN & CO., LnL 25 BIGB STREET, BLOOMSB(JJ:lY 1908 "lint/At. ......... HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA. The latest and most complete edition oC this work consists of:- History anti Ethnography of Africa south of the Zambesi from the settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September I505 to the conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September IJ95. In three volumes. Volume I contains a description of the Bushmen, Hotten tots, and Bantu, an account of the first voyages round the Cape of Good Hope of the Portuguese, the French, the English, and the Dutch, and a history of the Portuguese i!l South Africa in early times. Volumes II and UI contain a history of the administration ofthe Dutch EaSt India Company in South Africa, &c., &c. History of South Africa since September IJ95. In five volumes. Volume I co4t'~n~ a";history of the Cape Colony from 1795 to 1828 and an account of the Zulu wars of devastation and the formation of new Bantu communities. -
The Implication of the Traditional Khoisan Leadership Bill of 2015
THE IMPLICATION OF THE TRADITIONAL KHOISAN LEADERSHIP BILL OF 2015 BY CORRECTIONAL OFFICER GRADE1 – POLLSMOOR MANAGEMENT AREA Chief Dannyboy Pieterse - Robertson KHOISAN GENERALS WITH MEMBERS OF THE GORACHOUQUA COUNCIL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PARAMOUNT CHIEF HENNIE VAN WYK HESSEQUA KHOI TRIBAL COUNCIL WCCC REGISTRATION: C13/1/1/1/1: NPO Number: 205-997 Tradional Khoisan leadership bill to be sign into law THE IMPLICATION OF THE TRADITIONAL KHOISAN LEADERSHIP BILL 2015 DANNYBOY. PIETERSE @VODAMAIL.CO.ZA TRADITIONAL KHOISAN LEADERSHIP BILL TO BE SIGN INTO LAW HESSEQUA KHOI TRIBAL COUNCIL – 205-997NPO THE SCOPE ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Two different groups of people Each froup had different ways and means of living The country’s first people for 2000 years Remarkable skills and knowledge They’re been assigned a slew of derogatory and sensitive names Climate change and the arrival of Europens settles lead to their sharp decline Democracy has also failed the khoisan They are recognised in the countries coat of arms but their language not Witnessing the death of a culture Khoisan Healing: Understandings, Ideas and Practices INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE ETHNICAL CONDITION OF THE KHOIKHOI IN PREHISTORIC TIMES, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE OF LANGUAGE PRACTICE OF PERSPECTIVE AT CAPE OF GOOD DURING 17 CENTURY Classification of the maps Maps that ignore the presence of khoi Maps that locate their dwellings or kraals as if in a fixed position A transitional map How the Khoikhoi society was organized Political Organization The khoi – khoi Political organisation -
Appendix 9C SA Army Unit Histories1
Appendix 9C SA Army unit histories1 Infantry Infantry School The Infantry School, now at Oudtshoorn, was established in November 1953, after a chequered career dating back to the South African Military School in Bloemfontein, established in 1912. It is the Infantry’s “centre of excellence” and offers a number of infantry-specific courses to regulars and Reservists. Current role: Corps school. Current base: Oudtshoorn Battle honours2: none Motto: Exerce Perfectioni (Strive for excellence) 1 SA Infantry Battalion Established as 1 SA Infantry Training Battalion at Oudtshoorn on January 26, 19513, the unit became part of the infantry corps with its establishment in January 1954. The unit was reconstituted as 1 SA Infantry Battalion in November 1967 and moved to its current base at Tempe4, Bloemfontein, in November 1973. The unit mechanised in 1976 and the first 1 Compiled from personal knowledge, various official publications and Major G Tylden’s The Armed Forces of South Africa, City of Johannesburg Africana Museum Frank Connock Publication No 2, Johannesburg, 1954. Note that there is many a dispute between sources and, in particular, the Reserve regiments, as to seniority. Artillery and air defence unit details also drawn from LTC CJ Nöthling (editor), Ultima Ratio Regum, Artillery History of South Africa, Military Information Bureau, Pretoria, 1987. 2 The custom has been to award, to those units who took part, the right to display the name of a particular battle, campaign or war. Since the 17th century, units of the British and British Commonwealth armed forces, including their forebears of the Empire and the Dominions: ships, Regiments and Air Force squadrons, have been granted this right by authority of the sovereign in order to commemorate meritorious participation in a notable action or campaign. -
A South African Diary: Contested Identity, My Family - Our Story
How many bones must you bury before you can call yourself an African? Updated February 2009 A South African Diary: Contested Identity, My Family - Our Story Part C: 1800 - 1885 Compiled by: Dr. Anthony Turton [email protected] Caution in the use and interpretation of these data This document consists of events data presented in chronological order. It is designed to give the reader an insight into the complex drivers at work over time, by showing how many events were occurring simultaneously. It is also designed to guide future research by serious scholars, who would verify all data independently as a matter of sound scholarship and never accept this as being valid in its own right. Read together, they indicate a trend, whereas read in isolation, they become sterile facts devoid of much meaning. Given that they are “facts”, their origin is generally not cited, as a fact belongs to nobody. On occasion where an interpretation is made, then the commentator’s name is cited as appropriate. Where similar information is shown for different dates, it is because some confusion exists on the exact detail of that event, so the reader must use caution when interpreting it, because a “fact” is something over which no alternate interpretation can be given. These events data are considered by the author to be relevant, based on his professional experience as a trained researcher. Own judgement must be used at all times . All users are urged to verify these data independently. The individual selection of data also represents the author’s bias, so the dataset must not be regarded as being complete. -
Shortly After the Establishment of the South African Police, a Miners
police commissioners from all four colonies was called obtaining official sanction to form a Fund, which was in August 1910, and a draft Police Bill and regulations initially called the Witwatersrand Provident Fund and he were drafted up on the lines of that used in the former became its Secretary. The Fund grew by leaps and bounds Cape Colony. Act 14 of 1912 was passed with effect from - the rest of the Transvaal came in and then the Cape asked April 1, 1913 as it was closely tied with the Defense Bill to be included, and by the end of 1920 fully 75 per cent that was still being debated. In 1913 the Defense Act was of the South African Police had become members. passed and on December 31, 1913 final authorization for the establishment of two police forces within the Union On the outbreak of the World War 11° in August of 1914 of South Africa was gained. The South African Mounted there were numerous German and Austrian nationals Rifles was formed by the amalgamation of the Cape to be rounded up and interned, and there was a certain Mounted Police, Cape Mounted Rifles, Natal Police and amount of sympathy in South Africa for the German Transvaal Police. The South African Mounted Rifles was cause amongst the Boer population. This led to a rebellion to be the first Permanent Force of military constabulary, in the Union, the declaration of martial law and much which in peacetime was to undertake policing duties in acrimony. There were scores of people awaiting trial ail areas mainly occupied by the Black population. -
Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1925): the Making of a South African Hero
MAJOR GENERAL SIR HENRY TIMSON LUKIN (1860-1925): THE MAKING OF A SOUTH AFRICAN HERO Erasmus Wentzel Nortier Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Military History at the Military Academy Saldanha, Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch. Supervisor: Lieutenant Colonel Ian van der Waag Co-supervisor: Dr Sandra Scott Swart Date of submission: December 2005 I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the work contained in this thesis is my own original work and that I have not previously submitted it in its entirety or in part at any university for a degree. Signature: Date: Table of Contents Abstract Opsomming Maps i-ii Figures and Illustrations iii-vi Tables vii Abbreviations viii-ix Introduction 1-5 Chapter 1 6 A Short Biography of Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin (1860-1915) Childhood years and growing up in Britain 6-9 Arrival in South Africa 9-10 At last a soldier: The Zulu War 10-12 Lukin is commissioned 12-14 The Bechuanaland Campaign 14-16 The South African War 1899-1902 16-17 Commandant General in 1901 and Inspector General in 1912 17-21 World War I: The challenges as South African commander 21-27 Retirement in his adopted country 27-28 Conclusion 28 Chapter 2 29 Moving up through the ranks: The South African War 1899-1902 First battle for the Colonial Division in the Eastern Cape: Dordrecht 29-33 Lukin’s artillery operating outside the borders of the Cape Colony 33-37 The Siege of Jammersbergdrift, 9 April to 25 April 1900 37-44 Lukin and the Cape Mounted Riflemen -
The Making of 'Loyals' and 'Rebels'
THE MAKING OF ‘LOYALS’ AND ‘REBELS’: The 1880 Transkei Rebellion and the Subversion of the Chieftaincies of East Griqualand, 1874-1914 A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY of RHODES UNIVERSITY By Milner Charles Snell 2016 i Abstract In the mid-1870s, influenced by the mineral revolution in southern Africa, the Cape responsible government began to extend colonial rule over the chiefdoms that inhabited the Mthatha- Mzimkhulu region. Although white officials initially negotiated with the leadership of these chiefdoms to accept colonial rule and depended heavily on them to implement new laws, ultimately the Cape government aimed to side-line indigenous political systems and replace them with magistrates and headmen. Colonial officials mistakenly equated indigenous political structures with dictatorial chiefs whose followers were subject to their personal ambitions. In fact chiefs were part of a collective leadership and were very aware and influenced by the needs of their adherents. This work is concerned with how the chieftaincies, or indigenous political systems, of the Mthatha-Mzimkhulu region responded, survived and adapted in the face of colonialism. The chieftaincies were remarkably resilient despite the political and economic changes brought on by colonialism and capitalism and were able to retain some degree of authority amongst their followers and at times obtain recognition from the colonial state. Interactions between the chieftaincies and the colonial state were complex, fluid and ever evolving. Some leaders of chiefdoms co-operated with colonial authorities, either over particular issues at certain times or more generally over longer periods, and were considered by colonial officials to be ‘loyal’.