- Title
- A soldier's grave at Fort Wiltshire (Willshire)
- Creator
- Reynolds, Rex
- Subject
- Fort Willshire Butler, Guy, 1918-2001
- Type
- Image
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/12971
- Identifier
- vital:21784
- Identifier
- This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Identifier
- PIC/M 5272
- Description
- In P E Raper's "New Dictionary of South African Place Names" ISBN 1868421902, is this entry, on page 105: *Fort Willshire - Former fort at the confluence of the Keiskamma and Rhwantsana Rivers, 23km south-south-east of Alice, at 32 59S, 26 55E. It was named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Willshire, veteran of the Pensular war, who took command in 1819. * Officially approved name.
- Description
- F G Butler (donor)
- Format
- jpg
- Relation
- Butler Family Photograph Collection
- Rights
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images, apply to Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
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