South African Military History Society

Kings Royal Rifles Mounted Infantry Bakenlaagte 30 October 1901 Memorial


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Germiston, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Primrose Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Primrose
GPS: 26 deg 11 min 44.78 sec S, 28 deg 8 min 45.83 sec E

Significance
Boer commandos attacked Colonel Benson's No. 3 Flying Column at Bakenlaagte on 30 October 1901.


Photo: Derek Walker

The Memorial is inscribed

IN
MEMORY OF
NCOs AND RIFLEMEN
KING'S ROYAL RIFLES MOUNTED INFANTRY
KILLED IN ACTION AT BAKENLAAGTE
30th OCTOBER 1901
This stone in erected as a token of affection and
regard by their comrades


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

The plinth is inscribed:

Also in the memory of 
CIVIL SURGEON C.M. ROBERTSON
6550 RIFLEMAN J. EGAN
KILLED IN ACTION AT KAFFERSTAD
27TH OCTOBER 1901
(26 October 1901 according to some sources)

Bakenlaagte battlefield is in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on the Kriel-Kinross road close to the intersection of the R547 and the R580.

Further reading
Bakenlaagte 30 October 1901 by Robin Smith

Memorials in the vicinity
84 Battery Royal Field Artillery Memorial
ABW Memorial (Baakenlaagte, Bethal, Boksburg, Boschmanskop, Devon, Leslie, Nooitgedacht, Oshoek and Springs)
Knights Deep War Memorial
Queen's Bays Leeuwkop 1 April 1902 Memorial
Scottish Horse Bakenlaagte 30 Oct 1901 Memorials
2nd Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
Primrose Township Great War Memorial

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