Private Alexander Clement Robarts, Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard. Killed in action aged 16 years at Jamestown during the Second Anglo Boer War 1899-1902, along with Privates Mundell, Robinson and Robarts.
On 2 June 1901, a Boer Commando of some 500 men under General Kritzinger attacked Jamestown. The Jamestown Town Guard was 40 strong, and they manned the trenches on the perimeter of the town. A koppie about 1000 yards from the town was defended by 16 men of the Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard and 11 more of the DDVG held a trench near the road to Aliwal North. The Boer commando boldly charged the cordon, surprising the small garrison of Jamestown. The defenders of the koppie were the first to surrender after 4 of them were killed. The total action lasted some 3 hours. The Boers only had one casualty: a young chap who had donned the greatcoat of one of the British casualties, and was mistakenly shot by his own people (History of the War in South Africa by Grant, Vol IV, p79).
On 2 June 1901, a Boer Commando of some 500 men under General Kritzinger attacked Jamestown. The Jamestown Town Guard was 40 strong, and they manned the trenches on the perimeter of the town. A koppie about 1000 yards from the town was defended by 16 men of the Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard and 11 more of the DDVG held a trench near the road to Aliwal North. The Boer commando boldly charged the cordon, surprising the small garrison of Jamestown. The defenders of the koppie were the first to surrender after 4 of them were killed. The total action lasted some 3 hours. The Boers only had one casualty: a young chap who had donned the greatcoat of one of the British casualties, and was mistakenly shot by his own people (History of the War in South Africa by Grant, Vol IV, p79).
Private Alexander Clement Robarts, Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard. Killed in action aged 16 years at Jamestown during the Second Anglo Boer War 1899-1902, along with Privates Mundell, Robinson and Robarts.
On 2 June 1901, a Boer Commando of some 500 men under General Kritzinger attacked Jamestown. The Jamestown Town Guard was 40 strong, and they manned the trenches on the perimeter of the town. A koppie about 1000 yards from the town was defended by 16 men of the Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard and 11 more of the DDVG held a trench near the road to Aliwal North. The Boer commando boldly charged the cordon, surprising the small garrison of Jamestown. The defenders of the koppie were the first to surrender after 4 of them were killed. The total action lasted some 3 hours. The Boers only had one casualty: a young chap who had donned the greatcoat of one of the British casualties, and was mistakenly shot by his own people (History of the War in South Africa by Grant, Vol IV, p79).
On 2 June 1901, a Boer Commando of some 500 men under General Kritzinger attacked Jamestown. The Jamestown Town Guard was 40 strong, and they manned the trenches on the perimeter of the town. A koppie about 1000 yards from the town was defended by 16 men of the Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard and 11 more of the DDVG held a trench near the road to Aliwal North. The Boer commando boldly charged the cordon, surprising the small garrison of Jamestown. The defenders of the koppie were the first to surrender after 4 of them were killed. The total action lasted some 3 hours. The Boers only had one casualty: a young chap who had donned the greatcoat of one of the British casualties, and was mistakenly shot by his own people (History of the War in South Africa by Grant, Vol IV, p79).
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