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Grahamstown, modern day Makhanda ,was founded 1812 after the Fourth Xhosa War by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham as a military outpost during the campaign to secure the eastern frontier of Cape Colony.

During the Boer War it furnished the Grahamstown Town Guard and the First City Volunteers



Source: Album of South Africa. 24 views of Cape Town, Kimberley, Port Elizabeth, Grahams Town. Published by Mosely & Hyman, Handel House, Kimberley. No date.
Dr David Biggins
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