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Chieveley in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Chieveley in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels2 people1899–1899

Historical events in Chieveley

1899

15 November 1899
Armoured Train Ambush
Aylmer Haldane · Boer War, 2nd

Haldane commands the troops aboard the armoured train ambushed and derailed near Chieveley.

15 November 1899
Armoured Train Ambush
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Boer War, 2nd

Is captured after an armoured train is derailed.

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