South African Military History Society

2nd Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light 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.

The Memorial is inscribed

In ever loving
Memory of
CAPTAIN F.T. THOROLD
LIEUT E.V. INGHAM BROOKE
LIEUT R.E. SHEPHERD
2nd BATT KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
KILLED AT BAKENLAAGTE 30th OCT 1901

The plinth is inscribed

ERECTED BY THEIR FATHERS
BRIGADE SURGEON H.C. THOROLD
ARCHDEACON J.I. BROOKE
COLONEL C.H. SHEPHERD DSO

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH 

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
Scottish Horse Bakenlaagte 30 Oct 1901 Memorials
Primrose Township Great War Memorial

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