ANGLO-BOER WAR 110TH ANNIVERSARY

AND
TALANA MUSEUM, BATTLEFIELD & HERITAGE PARK
PRESENT
“ From the Anglo-Boer to the Great War”
International Military History Conference
115th Anniversary Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
Centenary The Great War 1914-1918
20 – 22 October 2014
Talana Museum – Dundee – South Africa
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DAY 1
7:30 – 8:20
8:20 – 8:30
REGISTRATION
Welcome and Introduction of Panel displays.
Official Opening.
Conference Chairman
Ken Gillings
8:30 – 9:10
Session Chairperson
Photographs of the Boer War – the storyteller
Ken Gillings
Gert Theart
9:10 – 9:50
Imaging the Natal rebels of the Anglo Boer War
Prof Johan Wasserman
University of UKZN
9:50 – 10:30
"Painful, humiliating, immoral, despicable." Boer
propaganda on commando during the Anglo-Boer War.
Prof Fransjohan Pretorius
University of Pretoria
10:30 – 11:00
Tea
11:05 – 11:45
Session Chairperson
“...of a Lion and Eagle; the story of Constable Charles
William Eagle”
Pam McFadden
Charles Leach
11:45 – 12:25
An Analysis of the Deaths of the Imperial Servicemen
during the Anglo- Boer War 1899-1902
Steve Watt – author of “In
Memorium” definitive study of the
graves of the British soldiers
throughout South Africa.
12:25 – 13:30
Announcements and Lunch
13:35 – 14:15
Session Chairperson
"Remembrance: Memorials to the Anglo-Boer War 18991902"
Pat Rundgren
Meurig Jones
Anglo Boer War historian UK
14:15 – 14:55
"Plodding and ponderous or perceptive and visionary - the
tactics of Lt Gen Sir Charles Warren in Natal".
Prof Philip Everitt
University of KwaZulu-Natal
14:55 – 15:35
Three Boers denied amnesty by the terms of the Peace of
Vereeniging.
Robin Smith, SAMHS
15:35 - 16:15
The Role played by the CWGC in the maintenance of War
Graves in Africa
Capt (SAN) (Retd) Charles Ross,
Ret. Sec of the SA Agency of the
Commonwealth War Graves
Commission
16:15 – 17:00
Discussion, eats and refreshments
17:15 – 20:30
Commemorative wreath laying in Talana
cemetery – includes El Alamein parade
and anniversary Ghost Walk up Talana hill
with sherry and bully beef sandwiches at the
Dublin Fusiliers memorial.
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Pam McFadden
Curator Talana Museum
DAY 2
8:20
8:30 – 9:10
Announcements for the day
Session Chairperson
Sandy Buchanan
QSAs with the clasp Talana
David Biggins- author of books about
Talana, Elandslaagte
9:10 – 9:50
9:50 – 10:30
Nurse Kate Champion and Intombi Camp during
the Siege of Ladysmith.
10:30 – 11:00
Tea
Dr Jackie Grobler
University of Pretoria
Daphne Olivier author of Thunder on the
Veldt
Session Chairperson
Phillip Everitt
11:05 – 11:45
An unlikely war correspondent: Michael Davitt
Prof Donal McCracken
University of KZN
11:45 – 12:25
The Malherbe Corporalship of the Pretoria
commando
Dr Arnold van Dyk.
12:25 – 13:05
A case of lodgement: Lootjie deJager and his trial.
Sarie Mehl
Great Granddaugter- Lodewyk de Jager
13:-05 – 14:05
Announcements and Lunch
14:10 – 14:50
Session Chairperson
“Just twelve years later: British Generals and their
Boer War experience.”
Ken Gillings
Prof Stephen Badsey, University of
Wolverhampton
14:50 – 15:30
Delville Wood.
Ian Uys – renowned author of “Delville
Wood”.
15:30 - 16:10
Comparative study of the experiences of South
African soldiers in the Boer and Great war.
Mr Louis Eksteen and Gerhard Genis
Curator Fort Amiel Museum- Newcastle.
16:10 – 16:50
Robert Fyfe King – Mayor of Dundee and his links
with Boer and Great War. Collecting and
researching his medal.
Evening meal- braai- and socialising
Launch of the new revised Anglo Boer War
Battle Series books – set of 10.
Launch of book by Pat Rundgren on “Colonials
at Talana.”
Rory Reynolds SAHMA
17:30 – 20:00
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Coroboma Talana Museum.
There will be a cash bar.
DAY 3
8:20
Announcements for the day
Session Chairperson
8:30 – 9:10
Edged weapons of the Transvaal from
contemporary photographs.
Johan Wolfaardt
Potchefstroom University.
9:10 – 9:50
The Death of Lord Kitchener
Prof Louis Changuion
Retired history professor and authority on
Long Tom artillery guns.
9:50 – 10:30
From Boer War to World War: How the British
Army Learned from Brother Boer
Dr. Spencer Jones
Senior Lecturer in Armed Forces and War
Studies. University of Wolverhampton.
Regimental Historian for the Royal
Regiment of Artillery
Video presentation
Questions will be handled by Prof Stephen Badsey
10:30 – 11:00
Tea
11:05 – 11:25
Session Chairperson
“The Anglo-Boer War – curtain-raiser to indirect
fire by field artillery”.
Ernie Saks
Ken Gillings SAHMS
11:25 – 12:05
The Boer guerrillas - an untold history.
The influence of guerrilla tactics, and British
counter-tactics, on WW1.
Leon Strachan
12:05 – 12:45
The Anglo-Boer War – the training ground for
nurses in the First World War
Dr Phylomena Badsey
University of Wolverhampton
12:45 – 13:25
Sol Plaatjie, The 1913 Land Act and World War 1
Dr Mark Coghlan
KZN Provincial Museum Service
13:25 – 14:30
Thanks and Conference closure
Ken Gillings
Announcements and Lunch
Presented by the South African Military History Society and the Talana Museum.
For more information contact
Ken Gillings, Tel: +27 (0)31 702 4828, Cell phone/Mobile: +27 (0)83 654 5880,
E-mail: [email protected], Skype: kenheath1
or
Pam McFadden Tel =27 (034) 212 2654 Cell/Mobile +27 (0)79 490 5933 e-mail: [email protected]
Links: www.talana.co.za
www.samilitaryhistory.org
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*Updated 25 September 2014
Poster Panel exhibits confirmed.
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