15 November 2024 – WINSTON CHURCHILL – WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE – REWARD £25

Please join us on 15th November in The Gazebo at the Beacon Island Resort when well-known Plett raconteur Rodney Grosskopff will take us back to The Boer War and tell us the story behind this dramatic poster and the events which followed.

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This alarming headline was widely distributed in November 1899 after Churchill’s capture by a Boer commando and subsequent daring escape.

Rodney Grosskopff will describe how a young Winston Churchill in his days in the British Army working as a war correspondent for The Morning Post, was captured from a derailed armoured train by a Boer commando. Both Jan Smuts and the formidable Louis Botha were present when he was taken into custody.
After the Boer Wars, Churchill went on to forge notable friendships with both men.

We will then learn how Churchill escaped from the State Model School in Pretoria and eventually, from the safety of Lourenço Marques, made his way to Durban by boat to a hero’s welcome.

Please join us on 15th November in The Gazebo at the Beacon Island Resort .

Enjoy the views across the bay towards our magnificent Tsitsikamma mountains.

THE VAN PLETTENBERG HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

Our talk will be preceded by a brief AGM during which Chairman Len Swimmer will speak briefly about the current status of the Van Plettenberg Historical Society, the confirmation of office bearers and the projects which lie ahead.