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As might be expected, the Talana Museum has an excellent section on the Anglo Zulu and Anglo Boer Wars containing a wealth of information, pictures and artefacts especially around the local conflicts









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Including a stretcher

The embroidered names of some Natal Volunteers

An excellent diorama of the battle of Talana

There is also a monument to the men of Bethune's MI who were killed 20 May 1900



Below the BMI monument is a facsimile of the grave market for Maj Gen Woodgate that can be seen on Spion Kop.

Captain W E Goff
Lt L W Lanham
Lt D F McLachlan
SSM E S Hadler
Sgt F W Moon
Cpl W A Benson
Cpl W Garfield
Troopers
J S Beyers
H S Billing
E Coleman
L A Cowie
M C Gillies
E Hamilton
C B Hammond
S Ingham
R S O Ingle
W F Johnstone
J Lang
H de Lorme
G Paige
J H Reams
E H Roberts
J Rudderforth
D Seaton
A Stanley
T Stansby
B D Stone
H Thompson
R H Tuckwell
E Udell
S Watson

Stirling reports that "Before Laing's Nek was turned Bethune's Mounted Infantry were to suffer a grievous mishap. In his telegram of 21st May 1900 General Buller said that he had detached Colonel Bethune with about 500 men from Dundee on the 19th, to march to N'qutu, and to rejoin at Newcastle. On the 20th one squadron was ambushed about six miles south of Vryheid, very few escaping. Captain Goff, 3rd Dragoon Guards, Lieutenants Lanham and M'Lachlan, and about 26 non-commissioned officers and men, were killed. Captain Lord de la Warr, Lieutenant De Lasalle, Sergeant-Major Hadler, and about 30 non-commissioned officers and men, were wounded."

In a strange coincidence, my son and I drive from Dundee to Nqutu on our way to Isandlwana today.

A grave marker for Captain W Hall-Owen, Medical Staff Victoria Contingent.

He died of disease, enteric fever, 5 Apr 1900 at Chieveley.