Elandslaagte memorials at Nambiti Game Reserve

The charge: Battle of Elandslaagte

At Nambiti Private Game Reserve the northern gate is appropriately known as Memorial Gate. Nearby, memorials to both British and Boer soldiers who fell in the Battle of Elandslaagte, 21 October 1899, can be found. 

Elandslaagte was a defeat for the Boers following a brutal cavalry charge by the British, where lances were used against the enemy. Boer prisoners were taken and marched through the streets of Ladysmith, which town was soon to be under siege from 2 November 1899 to 27 February 1900.

Memorials at Nambiti are featured below, including to the Gordon Highlanders killed at Elandslaagte and to the 1st Btn Manchester Regiment.

Photos by E and S Dixon-Smith

Intombi Cemetery Memorials Ladysmith: Anglo-Boer War 7

FOSTER, Frederick G - XI Prince Albert's Own Hussars
d. at Intombi 8th February 1900 aged 27

GORDON HIGHLANDERS Memorial

to men of the Regt. who died of disease at Intombi between 8 Jan and 16 Mar 1900

2nd Battalion:
TAGGART J, Colour Sgt.
BRIND, P, Lance Sgt.
MCKAY, J, Lance Corpl.
MATHIESON, N, Lance Corpl.
DOWNIE, G, Drummer
BRYANT, J, Pte.
FAULDS, T, Pte.
MCRAE, W, Pte.
MATHIESON, R, Pte.
PORTEOUS, T, Pte.
ROSS, J, Pte.
SUTER, H, Pte.
1st Bedford Regt. Attached [to Gordon Highlanders]
HOWES, J
TWELVETREE, H

Placed by the Regiment

GORTON, Henry Corbett 'Dickie' - Imperial Light Horse
wounded Ladysmith 6th Jan 1900
d. Intombi Spruit 10th Jan 1900
'One of the best and bravest'
Erected by the staff of the Castle and Natal Breweries

Photographs: Dixon-Smith

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