Brabant | A E | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA rolls | Imperial Light Horse |
Brabant | A W | | | Nominal roll #1 (B1) | Driscoll's Scouts |
Brabant | Alfred Thompson | 5053 | Trooper | 2nd Brabant's Horse
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Brabant's Horse |
Brabant | Alfred Thompson | | | Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Brabant's Horse |
Brabant | Alfred Thompson | 5053 | Trooper | QSA (4) CC Wep Witt Belf
Source: Wepener Siege Account and Medal Roll | Brabant's Horse |
Brabant | Arthur Edward | | Lieutenant | He died at Ladysmith November 5th, 1899, of wounds received in action two days previously. He was the son of Major General Sir E Y Brabant KCB CMG of Cape Town, and Commandant General of the Colonial Defence Force. His mother, Mary Burnet, was a daughter of Reverend Canon James Craigie Robertson, formerly of Canterbury, and the author of "The History of the Christian Church". Lieutenant Brabant was born November 12th, 1865, and educated in South Africa. He had been engaged as a Mining Engineer for some years in Johannesburg, but on the outbreak of war, at once volunteered for active service and joined the Imperial Light Horse. At Elandslaagte his bravery is stated to have been most conspicuous; at this battle he greatly assisted in rallying some men at a critical moment in the charge against the Boer counter attack. Lieutenant Brabant was mentioned in despatches for his services. He is buried in Ladysmith cemetery, in grave No. 6, next to Captain Knapp, and next but one to Lieutenant Egerton, of HMS Powerful. Lieutenant Brabant had previously served in the Matabele War. (See Major Taunton)
Source: Donner | Imperial Light Horse |
Brabant | Arthur Edward | | Lieutenant | QSA (2)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Elandslaagte | Imperial Light Horse |
Brabant | Arthur Edward | | Lieutenant | QSA (2) Eland DoL
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | Imperial Light Horse |
Brabant | E Y | | Brigadier General | He was born in 1839, and had had a long and distinguished career in politics and arms, He entered the 2nd Derby Militia as Ensign in 1855, and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles with similar rank in 1855, from which he retired on half pay with Captain's rank in 1870. He entered the arena of polities as Member of the Legislative Assembly for East London in 1873, and was re-elected in the following year. In 1875 he was appointed Field Commandant of the Cape Colonial Forces; became Colonel of the 1st Cape Yeomanry in 1879; was made CMG in 1880; was re-elected member for East London in 1882, and again in 1885. He was a member of the Defence Commission in 1896, and in 1897 was President of the South African League. General Brabant served through the Boer War, at first in command of the Colonial Division and subsequently as Inspector-General of the Colonial Defence Force, until the end of 1901, w hen he retired under the new scheme of Colonial Defence (despatches, medal, and clasps). He resumed his duties in the Cape Parliament, and soon after seceded from his old political leader, Sir Gordon Sprigg, and joined the new Progressive party under Dr Smartt, with whom he was associated in connection with the Suspension movement. He resigned his seat in Parliament on his reappointment in Dec, 1902, to the command of the Cape Colonial Forces, from which He retired in 1904. Subsequently he re-entered the Cape Assembly as member for East London. He was a keen sympathiser with the loyalists who suffered from the effects of the war, and marked his departure from England after the Coronation by the public declaration that "Loyalty does not pay". General Brabant married Mary Burnet, daughter of the Reverend Canon Robertson, of Canterbury.
Source: List of KCB recipients. Various sources | Unknown |
Brabant | E Y | | Colonel | CGHGSM (1) Basutoland
Source: Roll of the CGHGSM | Cape Mounted Yeomanry |
Brabant | E Y | | Colonel | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9 | Cape Mounted Yeomanry |
Brabant | E Y | | Field Commandant | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9 | Frontier Mounted Rifles |
Brabant | Ernest Vernon | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | New Zealand, 9th Contingent |
Brabant | G | | Lieutenant | MID LG: 18 July 1902, page: 4593. Source: General Kitchener. 1 June 1902. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Frontier Light Horse |
Brabant | G A | | | Late District Mounted Rifles
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Frontier Light Horse |
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