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Date: 1846 Type: Monument Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 32°52'16.85" S 27°23'23.03" E

BARDLEY-WILMOT GUN THE GUN WAS PRIVATELY OWNED BY MAJOR-GENERAL FREDERICK MARON BARDLEY- WILMOT OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. IT WAS FIRST USED ON THE CAPE FRONTIER IN THE WAR OF THE AXE (1846-1847). MAJOR-GENERAL BARDLEY-WILMOT USED IT AGAIN DURING THE 1850-1853 FRONTIER WAR, IN WHICH HE WAS KILLED IN THE FISH RIVER BUSH ON 1 JANUARY 1852. THE GUN WAS THEN KEPT AT THE ORDNANCE STORE IN KING WILLIAM'S TOWN UNTIL THE WAR OF 1877-1878, WHEN IT WAS USED AGAIN BY THE GRAHAMSTOWN HORSE ARTILLERY UNDER LIEUTENANT HENRY WELLS. NATIONAL MONUMENTS COUNCIL 1975 Submitted by Dirk le Roux