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Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'

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22 Aug 2019
Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'

George Frederick Labram, manufacturer of a cannon popularly known as 'Long Cecil' in the De Beers' workshop in Kimberley, was killed by a shell from a Boer 'Long Tom' cannon during the siege of Kimberley. Labram, who was chief mechanical engineer at the De Beers Consolidated Mines, manufactured the gun from steel shafting. Within twenty-four days it was shelling the Boer lines. Labram was one of the defendants when Kimberley was under siege by the Boers during Anglo-Boer War 2. He died only a few days before the siege was lifted.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148859

South African History Online (2019) 'Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148859 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom' [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148859, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148859. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Labram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148859.

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