January 1900
Long Cecil Construction
Labram designs and builds the Long Cecil gun in the De Beers workshops during the siege of Kimberley.
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Labram designs and builds the Long Cecil gun in the De Beers workshops during the siege of Kimberley.
Labram is killed in Kimberley when a Boer shell strikes the building where he is staying.
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