Boer War monuments/plaques

[Tom from OZ]

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

[Harlem]

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

[Tom from OZ]

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

[peep]

You may have already gone to S.A. but  could try this site,

         http://www.angloboerwar.com