Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 08.06.2005
Frontier Wars
(Kaffir Wars)
1834-1853
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours
  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
  Societies, Forums, Re-Enactors
  Museums & Memorials
  Bibliography  
  External Links
 
   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
  subtotal
  TOTAL
                   
   Commanders
 
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   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
 
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in
bold face)
Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
Note:  British battle honours were awarded in 1882. No campaign medal clasps were awarded.
6th Kaffir War, 1834-1835
1834 Dec. 21-
   1835 Sep. 17
South Africa 1835
Inf: F27 F72 F75
Cape of Good Hope
(awarded ca. 1841, deemed to cover also the 4th and 5th Kaffir wars)
Cav: CMR CMY
 
7th Kaffir War, 1846-1847
1846 June
Guanga
 
1846 Mar. 16-
   1847 Dec. 16
South Africa 1846-7
Cav: DG7
Inf:
F6 F27 F45 R/F45 F73 F90
F91 1/RB
Cav: CMR CMY
 
8th Kaffir War, 1851-1853
1850
Boomah Pass
 
1852
Berea
1/RB
 
1850 Dec. 24-
   1853 Mar.
South Africa 1851-2-3
Cav: L12
Inf:
F2 F6 F12 F43 F45 F60 F72 F73 F74 R/F91 1/RB
Cav: CMR ArmstrongH CMY
   Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)
Introduction to Regiments
   Medals
 
 
   Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors
   Museums & Memorials
   Bibliography
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   External Links