In Memory of the men who were killed in action 17 Sep 1901 at Blood River Poort
Battle of Blood River Poort or Scheepers' Nek on 17 September 1901. A Boer commando led by Louis Botha crushed a British force commanded by Major Hubert Gough during the Second Boer War. Lieutenant Llewellyn Price-Davies of the King's Royal Rifle Corps won the Victoria Cross for valiantly defending the field guns. Gough was captured, escaped, captured again and finally escaped on foot in the darkness. On the British side, four officers and 19 other ranks were killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 19 men wounded, and 6 officers and 235 men captured. (Source: Wikipedia)
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