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Pomeroy, South Africa

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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Pomeroy a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Town some 72 km north of Greytown and 56 km south-south-east of Dundee. Named after Sir George Pomeroy Colley, who was killed in the Battle of Amajuba in 1881.[1]

It was established as the Gordon Memorial Mission in 1867 in memory of James Henry Hamilton-Gordon, the son of George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen. The mission worked with the Zulus.

The town was named Pomeroy after George Pomeroy Colley who led the ill-fated British force during the Battle of Majuba Hill.

References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 370.
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