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

Updated: 22 Aug 2019

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

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