Cameron V. Simpson

Cameron V. Simpson served in both the Australian and British armies in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War and East Timor. He has studied South African History and spends most of his time writing and researching military history for books and documentaries.

He is the author of Maygar’s Boys, The Frontier Light Horse in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879, Blue Blood Troopers and the co-author of The Feather Bed Soldiers, A Tight Corner, Hartigan’s Horse and The Clash of Empires. He is a Vice President the Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society and has been a consulting historian with the Anzac Memorial in Sydney.

Frontier Warrior: The Life of Major General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant, KCB, CMG: A South African Colonial General

Frontier Warrior is the autobiography of South Africa’s Major General, Sir Edward Yewd Brabant KCB, CMG who soldiered for an incredible 47 years and rose from the rank of ensign in the militia to become the first major general in the Cape Colonial Forces.

He served during the Ninth Frontier War and while the Zulu War raged in 1879, he commanded the Cape Forces during the fierce fighting at Moorosi’s Mountain. He fought against the famed Basuto warriors during the BaSotho Gun War in 1880-81 and commanded the Colonial Division during the second Anglo-Boer War.

Brabant was not only a soldier but a farmer and well-known Cape politician. This manuscript, written in his own hand at the close of the Boer War, is a fascinating account of colonial South Africa, as seen by not only a military leader but a veteran politician. He was personally acquainted with Cecil Rhodes, ‘Chinese’ Gordon, Lord Roberts and many other influential leaders of the time.