South African Military History Society

Captain Clive Keith

3rd Duke of Cambridge's Corps Imperial Yeomanry


Photo: Gavin Withers

Location
Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
In St George's Cathedral, 5 Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre
GPS: 33 deg 55 min 17.99 sec S, 18 deg 25 min 5.99 sec E

The Memorial Plaque is inscribed:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF 
CLIVE SKENE KEITH 
CAPTAIN 3RD DC
COMMANDING THE DUKE 
OF CAMBRIDGE'S CORPS 
IMPERIAL YEOMANRY 
KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF LINDLEY 
29TH MAY 1900

The Battle of Lindley (27-31 May 1900; also known as the Lindley Affair) was a Anglo Boer War engagement in which Boer Commandos forced the surrender of the 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

Further reading
THE LINDLEY AFFAIR: The Capture of the 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry by the Boer forces

Memorials in the Cathedral
Captain Clive Keith
Battle of Boomplaats
Lt Col Frederick Miller VC Memorial
Captain George Pilkington, RE
Colonel Edmund Hartley VC, CMG
3rd Dragoon Guards Anglo-Boer War Roll of Honour

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