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1901 - James Rogers, SAC, won the VC during a skirmish near Thaba 'Nchu, a party of the rear-guard of Captain Sitwell's Column, consisting of Lieutenant F Dickinson, Sergeant James Rogers, and six men of the South African Constabulary, was suddenly attacked by about sixty Boers. Lieutenant Dickinson's horse having been shot, that officer was compelled to follow his men on foot. Sergeant Rogers, seeing this, rode back, firing as he did so, took Lieutenant Dickinson up behind him, and carried him for half a mile on his horse. The sergeant then returned to within 400 yards of the enemy, and carried away, one after the other, two men who had lost their horses, after which he caught the horses of two other men, and helped the men to mount. All this was done under a very heavy rifle fire. The Boers were near enough to Sergeant Rogers to call upon him to surrender; his only answer was to continue firing".

1900 - David Davies, of Wattstown, Glamorgan, died on this day.

"8,060 Private David Davies, of the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment, reported as having died of enteric fever at Prieska, was a native of Wattstown, and formerly resided with his parents at Aberllechau-road, Wattstown. A letter received from him some few weeks ago stated that a number of his companions were down with the fever, and that he was visiting them daily."
The Western Mail, Saturday 23rd June 1900