Botha | Louis | | Burger | Commando: Staff General L Botha. Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis | | Commandant General | Commando: ZAR. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst). Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis | | General | PM and Minister of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. Member of the Union House of Assembly.
47 of 580 awards | Unknown |
Botha | Louis | | General | He was born on the family farm near Greytown, Natal, in 1862. He attended a German Mission School. His first experience of war came in the operations during the Zulu Wars of 1883 to -1888. He married in 1886 and moved to a farm in the Vryheid district of the New Republic which was became part of the Transvaal two years later. At the start of the Boer War, he joined his commando in October 1899 as an ordinary burgher but was soon promoted to Acting General during the Battle of Modderspruit (Ladysmith) on 30 October 1899 in place of Lukas Meyer who had become ill. A month later he was appointed General and given responsibility for the defence of the Tugela. He played a decisive role in the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaal Kraans. After the death of General Piet Joubert on 27 March 1900, Botha was appointed to be the Acting Commandant General. He commanded the forces of the Transvaal until the end of the war. Later in 1910, he became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and commanded Union troops in German South West Africa in 1914-1915. He attended the Peace Conference in Versailles in 1919 and died that year in Pretoria. | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Jacobus | | Artillerist | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Artillerie |
Botha | Louis Jacobus | | Artillerist | Awarded the ABO. Artillerie | |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | | Prisoner number: 10478
Captured: Fouriesburg 30 Jul 1900
Sent to: St. Helena, Deadwood
Age: 51
Address: Landvleesch Hoek
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | | Prisoner number: 10485
Captured: Fouriesburg 30 Jul 1900
Sent to: Unknown
Age: 24
Address: Boskop
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | | Prisoner number: 22617
Captured: Near Thaba Nchu 20 Sep 1901
Sent to: India, Shahjahanpur
Age: 18
Address: Tygerfontein
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | | Prisoner number: 8755
Captured: Fouriesburg 30 Jul 1900
Sent to: Ceylon, Diyatalawa
Age: 17
Address: Zandvleihoek
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Bethlehem Commando |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | | Prisoner number: 23542
Captured: Witwater 30 Oct 1900
Sent to: Unknown
Age: 42
Address: Witwater
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016 | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Johannes | | Burger | Click here to access the record in the Forum | Potchefstroom Commando |
Botha | Louis Johannes Nicolaas | | Burger | Commando: General van Zyl. Click here to access the record in the Forum | Boer Forces |
Botha | Louis Pieter Hellet | | Commandant | Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst) and received the Wound Ribbon (Lint voor Verwonding). Click here to access the record in the Forum | Vrede Commando |
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