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Fort White
Qonce (King William's Town) district, Eastern Cape

ROYAL ENGINEERS: Architect

Date:1835
Type:Fort
Status:Extant

Named by General Order of 13 June 1835 after Major TC White, Assistant Quarter-Master General of the Burgher Force and military land-surveyor and topographer, who was killed near the Mbashe River. (Coetzee:204)

Extant - in fragmentary condition.


Books that reference Fort White

Coetzee, Colin. 1995. Forts of the Eastern Cape : Securing a frontier 1799 - 1878. Grahamstown: Colin G Coetzee. pg 201-207, 438, 508-510, 642