M013 – Serjeant George Cribbs

Served in the 2nd Brabant’s Horse service number 559 and was Severely Wounded at Senekal 28th June 1900 with Corporal Thomas Henry Wilson who served in the Pioneer Railway Regiment.

Serjeant George Cribbs was discharged Medically Unfit for duty two months later on the 30th August 1900 due to his injuries received at Senekal.

The Brabant’s Horse unit histories / unit pages explain the operations in that district (Senekal / Richmond / Wepener / Biddulphsberg / Bethlehem) and confirm the unit was heavily engaged in late June 1900.

Missing Medals

George Anthony Murray 1914 – 1915 WW1 Star

Lenox Murray British War Medal

Charles Molteno Murray WW1 Victory Medal


Lieut John Edward Briscoe TRIO Missing


Schalk Willem Pyper (of Pypers of Pijper)


Kaptein Theo Jooste Heilbron Kommando


Thomas John Sloman Moyse


Johannes Hendrick Mentz WW1 star and BWM


Sergt George Bolton CMR Union of South Africa MSM missing


Frederick E watermeyer BWM

M325 – McLellan, S – Gunner

McLellan S 68402 Gunner

Demise: Killed in action 25 Dec 1901
Place: Groenkop
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt

Kitchener wrote, “It is very sad and depressing that the boers are able to strike such blows, but I fear … we shall always be liable to something of the sort from the unchecked rush of desperate men at night.”

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Groenkop Monument
Groenkop Monument

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