132 years ago Entombe Drift

Subject: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:35 am

Today, the 132nd anniversary of the battle\massacre at Enthombe Drift, I visited the site and found the monument and mass grave marvelously repaired and cleaned! I stood by the river which, this year is rather low due to a very dry mid summer and remenisced about the misfortune of Capt. Moriarty and Co. I shall send some photos to admin to put on the forum!

Subject: 132 years ago today . Ntombe Drift Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:39 am

Hi Johann.
Looking forward to seeing your photographs . Thanks for sharing them .
cheers 90th. Idea

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:50 pm

Admin just explain again how to send photos!

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:13 pm

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Site of the battle at the Entombe River.
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Mass grave at entombe
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Recently cleaned and renovated monument.
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Zulu cattle crossing the drift today
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Zulu cattle in front of mass grave with the monument at the back

Photos By Forum Member. Johann Engelbrecht.

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 61 Location : UK

Johann. Great Photo's good to see the monument has been cleaned and renovated. Thanks for posting the photo's Admin..

Subject: 132 years ago today . Ntombe Drift Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:23 am

Hi Johann.
Great photo's and isnt it good to see the area being looked after . Idea

. Thanks Pete for posting them .
cheers 90th.

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Johann. Would there have been some sort of service after the renovation had been completed.. Unvailing ???

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:46 pm

No unveilling ceremonies, just glad that it has been done! Ken Gillings, I think, can fill us in, on who did the excellent job!

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:36 pm

The restoration was undertaken by the Burials Unit of the South African Heritage Resources Agency, headed by Mr Troy Phili. Mr Alastair Cowan (who has been instrumental in obtaining additional funding from the British Government) and I arranged to meet the Mpumalanga Tourism and Heritage people at eNtombe 18 months ago and after a great deal of discussion, a report was submitted and Mr Phili responded by restoring the site with alacrity.
By the way, the South African Agency of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission (headed by Capt (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross has now assumed responsibility for the maintenance of all British military cemeteries in SA where there are 10 graves or more. This applies to the Frontier Wars in the Eastern Cape, the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the Transvaal War of Independence (1880-1881) and the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). I have all of his quarterly reports available should you require them. Please drop me an e-mail and I'll send them to you. My e-mail address is ken.gillings@mweb.co.za
Regards, Ken

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:55 pm

Thank you Ken! Good to know that somebody is now taking care of our heritage!

Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:55 pm

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Subject: Re: 132 years ago Entombe Drift Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:45 pm

Quote :: Thank you Ken! Good to know that somebody is now taking care of our heritage!

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