The Thiel Family in South Africa
The aim of this blog is to share information about descendants of Gustav Thiel.
1825 – 1907
We will attempt to give recognition to those family members who contributed to collection of the data.
Pieter Gustav Thiel
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Poem lamenting the demise of the Long Tom Gun
The poem “Long Tom” by him is in the handwriting of Hermann Gustav Thiel and undersigned by Joubert Reitz on Morgans Island Bermuda in September 1901.
Destruction of the last Long Tom Gun
The largest guns acquired by the State Artillery of the Transvaal Republic were four French 155mm Creusot guns which were generally known as Long Toms.
Hermann Gustav Thiel’s records of his Anglo Boer War experiences before his capture
Hermann Gustav Thiel already showed his sympathy with the cause of the Transvaal Republic during the Jameson Raid in December 1895 and was involved as a technician in the building of Fort Klapperkop for the defence of Pretoria. For these actions the young German was granted citizenship with full voting rights of the Transvaal Republic on 21 January 1898.