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Roberts’ Horse - action at Eerstefabrieken 31August 1900? 5 years 1 month ago #62445

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Hi Nigel

His name appears on the British Memorial at Diamond Hill near Cullinan.



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Roberts’ Horse - action at Eerstefabrieken 31August 1900? 5 years 1 month ago #62446

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Proceeding from Tweefontein on August 18 , under orders to refit in Pretoria, General Hart's force reached Krugersdorp at noon on August 23. Here the Royal Canadian Regiment was detached from the force and sent by train to Pretoria, whence,on the following day, it marched out to assume line of communication duties at Silverton and Eerste Fabrieken , two stations to the east of Pretoria. Three companies, under Major Pelletier , were stationed at Silverton and four under Liet-Col. Otter, at Eerste Fabrieken . "G" Coy was still on duty with the armoured train on the Kroonstad-Pretoria line.
Without notable incident , the unit carried out its duties in these locations until September 2 , when four companies under Major Pelletier , were ordered to Olifant's River. "D" Coy was thereupon transferred from Eerste Fabrieken to Silverton, the station there being placed under the command of H.B Stairs.

Above is from Page 148 The Royal Canadian Regiment by R.C Fetherstonhough

But Pretoria brought the men no news of their release from service, only orders to resume garrison duty east of Pretoria, at Silverton and Eerste Fabrieken , to the east of the Delagoa Bay railway.The day before he left Springs, Otter had posted Buchan, his popular second in command, and G Company to the convalescent camp at Elandsfontein. Major Pelletier , with the rest of the eastern Canadians , went to Silverton, with a troop of Roberts' Horse and a section of the 18th Battery of the Royal Filed Artillery .Otter kept the larger station , Eerste Fabrieken , for himself, together with A, B, C and D companies, with a troop of Roberts' Horse for patrol duty. Eight days later Pelletier and E, F and C Companies were sent to Olifants River, a tributary of the Limpopo about fifty miles away , and perhaps the most demanding of the three Canadian garrisons, while Captain Stairs remained at Eerste Fabrieken with only A and B Companies.
At none of these stations was garrison duty onerous. Defences were in place, and though small parties of Boer Commandos hovered about , threatening to cut the Pretoria-Middelburg railway line over which large troops and supplies passed to and from the army's headquarters in Pretoria, there was little action.

Above is from Page 139 Painting the Map Red by Carman Miller

Yorke was more than likely on patrol , when he encountered a small Boer force, or was shot by a sniper as Henk suggested .
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Elmarie, Many thanks for the photos. Nice to have been commemorated in two places!

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Many thanks for the extracts and information. Looks like Pvt. Yorke just had an unlucky day. Not shot badly enough to die immediately, but badly enough to succumb 24-48 hours later.

See: utting.org/wordpress/anglo-boer-war-oudt...-memorial/#more-5598

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Roberts’ Horse - action at Eerstefabrieken 31August 1900? 5 years 1 month ago #62449

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According to the War Office casualty list as reported in the London Daily News 04-09-1900 Yorke died at "Tigersburg" on Sept 1.

In the same report a Pte 7154 JB Cooper Northamptonshire Rgt was killed at "Tigersburg". This is written as "Tygersberg" in the official casualty roll, where is "Tygersberg/Tigersburg"? Presumably they are two different farms?

According Watt Cooper is buried in Potchefstroom and Yorke at Diamond Hill - hence his name on the memorial at Cullinan.

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Roberts’ Horse - action at Eerstefabrieken 31August 1900? 5 years 1 month ago #62451

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Hi Nigel

Tygerberg/Tigerberg is a hill east of Pretoria. (Tiger mountain). Eerstefabrieken ( first factory) is 16 miles east of Pretoria. A hospital part of No2 general hospital was sited there in 1900. These places are about 5 to 10 km south west of Cullinan. So it all makes sense from where he was wounded, probably died of wounds at the hospital, and buried in Cullinan ?

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