Legacy
At least one recent historian has been kinder to Buller's reputation:
"Buller's achievements have been obscured by his mistakes. In 1909, a French military critic, General Langlois, pointed out that it was Buller, not Roberts, who had the toughest job of the war – and it was Buller who was the innovator in countering Boer tactics. The proper use of cover, of infantry advancing in rushes, co-ordinated in turn with creeping barrages of artillery: these were the tactics of truly modern war, first evolved by Buller in Natal."
The town of Redvers, in Canada is named after him, as is the Royal Logistic Corps barracks at Aldershot.
Two adjacent roads, Redvers Road and Buller Road in Wood Green, London, England are named after him. Also Redvers Buller Road in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Adjacent to Baden Powell Road and Lord Roberts Road (After Lord Roberts of Kandahar) and Buller Street in Derby, Derbyshire are named after him.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester, England.
There is a memorial to Buller, in the form of his recumbent effigy, in the north transept of Winchester Cathedral, England. The inscription reads:
"A great leader - Beloved of his men".
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)