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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5D_fugitives-drift-memorial_KwaZulu-Natal.html
Upper Marker, Front:For Queen and Country Jesu Mercy Upper Marker, Reverse: In memory of Lt. and Adjt. Teignmoth Melvill and Lt. Neville J. A. Coghill, 1st., 24th. Regiment who died on this spot 22nd. Jan, 1879 to save the Queen's Color of thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PN1_memorial-to-the-zulu-dead_Rorkes-Drift-KwaZulu-Natal.html
English text: This bronze memorial, sculpted by Peter Hall was commissioned in 2005. It depicts a leopard, representing the Zulu monarch, protectively covering the shields of the fallen Zulu warriors. The tree growing in the centre of the memoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PMX_rorkes-drift-memorial_Rorkes-Drift-KwaZulu-Natal.html
North face: Killed Pte Horrican W. 1Bn Jenkins.J. · Nicholas.E. Sgt Maxfield R. 2Bn Pte Adams. R. · Chick.J. · Cole.T. · Facan.J. · Hayden.C. · Scanlan.J. · Williams…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PM8_the-death-of-the-prince-imperial_Esigodini-KwaZulu-Natal.html
Louise Napoleon, exiled heir to the Bonaparte throne, had been resident in England and had graduated from the Royal Military College in 1875. With the outbreak of the Anglo Zulu War of 1879, Prince Louis, keen to gain military experience, requeste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PM5_rorkes-drift_Masotsheni-KwaZulu-Natal.html
English text: At this point, the Mzinyathi (Buffalo) River flows over exposed bedrock. The river is shallow, making it a suitable crossing point. By the 1850's traders and hunters were entering Zululand en route to Ulundi on a regular schedule f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJW_prince-imperial-memorial_Esigodini-KwaZulu-Natal.html
Cross marker: This cross is erected by Queen Victoria in affectionate remembrance of Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, Prince Impérial, to mark the spot where while assisting in reconnaissance with the British troops on the 1st June 1879 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM178C_arc-of-the-meridian_Aurora-WC.html
This is the site of the Maclear beacon positioned in 1838 Near the original North terminal of the Arc of Meridian positioned by Abbe de la Caille, the first surveyor to introduce Geodetic Surveying into South Africa.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K8_the-yellow-house_Grahamstown-EC.html
The erection of this building - the oldest in this town, was commenced in 1813 or 1814. It served as a gaol until 1824. Later it became the Grahamstown Public School, and subsequently the first public library (1842 - 1863). The north wall was take…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K7_drostdy-gateway_Grahamstown-EC.html
Built about 1842 as the main entrance to the military establishment.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K6_the-old-provost_Grahamstown-EC.html
Constructed as a military prison in 1838.
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