Category: British military personnel of the Bechuanaland Expedition
Categories: Botswanan History | Bechuanaland Protectorate | British Bechuanaland | British Military History
- Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884/1885
A British military expedition under Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Warren (later Major-General Sir) to Bechuanaland, to assert British sovereignty in the face of encroachments from Germany, the Transvaal and to suppress the Boer freebooter states of Stellaland and Goshen.
See: Mackenzie, John (1887). "Austral Africa: Losing It or Ruling It; Being Incidents and Experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
Person Profiles (4)
Richard Cotton
09 Oct 1849 Clewer, Berkshire, England - 24 Nov 1925
Arthur Davidson
12 Nov 1856 Shooter's Hill, Kent, England - 16 Oct 1922
Gerard Heath
07 Jun 1863 Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 09 Jan 1929
Huntley Mackay
14 Mar 1858 Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West - 16 Apr 1891
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