British Army in the Cape Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Army_in_the_Cape_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring 1795–1910
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Governor_of_the_Cape_Colony
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Zulu_Kingdom
gptkb:Boer_Republics
Xhosa peoples
gptkbp:disbanded 1910
gptkbp:established 1795
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkb:King_William's_Town
gptkb:Grahamstown
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Army in the Cape Colony
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Xhosa_Wars
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Anglo-Zulu_War
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Sir_Redvers_Buller
gptkb:Sir_Harry_Smith
gptkb:Sir_George_Cathcart
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:24th_Regiment_of_Foot
91st Regiment of Foot
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Cape Mounted Rifles
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:purpose maintenance of order
expansion of British territory
defense of British colonial interests
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Union_Defence_Force_(South_Africa)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Benjamin_d'Urban
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7