The first British camp on the march lay some 4 miles short of Laing’s Nek, a ridge in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains that blocked the road between Newcastle and Standerton in Natal, South Africa.
Standerton was named after the owner of the farm "Grootverlangen" Nr.156.Adriaan (Andre) Hendrik Stander who was born 12 December 1817 districk George.