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Research in Other Countries => South Africa => Topic started by: Tom from OZ on Monday 02 November 09 23:41 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I have the war record of my Gt Grandfather who fought in the Boer War. He was a private in the Royal Sussex Regiment and was awarded the South African Medal. I will be visiting South Africa next February and was hoping to visit some of the sites for which he was awarded bars /clasps for his involvement.
I have sent several Emails to the Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein in an effort to ascertain whether monuments or plaques are erected at any of these sites
Johannesburg clasp
Diamond Hill clasp
Wittebergen clasp
and Cape Colony Bar
But have received no response, has anybody any knowledge whether there is anything to see and exactly where any monument may be sited, if in fact any exist?
Many thanks
Tom
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Hi Tom,
You could have a look at this site
http://allatsea.co.za/index.htm it has a few details that might be of help on the cemeteries and memorials pages.
John
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Hi John
Many thanks for the web address, unfortunately there doesn't appear to be anything specific to the battlesites I mentioned, there may well be none. Visiting the battlesites and taking pictures of the veldt wont achieve a great deal, so I was hoping for a monument or some visible sign, perhaps somebody may come up with some information.
again many thanks
Tom
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You may have already gone to S.A. but could try this site,
http://www.angloboerwar.com