South African Military History Society

Scottish Horse Bakenlaagte 30 Oct 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.

The Memorial is inscribed

ERECTED 
BY THE STATE OF VICTORIA TO THE MEMORY 
OF THE OFFICERS, NCOs AND MEN WHO WERE
KILLED IN ACTION AT BAKENLAAGTE
CAPT M.W.M. INGLIS       2nd SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
CAPT A.W. LINDSAY         ATTACHED SCOTTISH HORSE 
                                                   LIEUT J.D. KELLY         30 OCT 01

followed by the names of NCOs and men of the 2nd Scottish Horse killed 30 10 01


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
ABW Memorial (Baakenlaagte, Bethal, Boksburg, Boschmanskop, Devon, Leslie, Nooitgedacht, Oshoek and Springs)
Kings Royal Rifles Mounted Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
84 Battery Royal Field Artillery Memorial
Knights Deep War Memorial
Queen's Bays Leeuwkop 1 April 1902 Memorial
2nd Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
Primrose Township Great War Memorial

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