Knollcombes Boer Prisoner of War Memorial
Two granite monuments in the Boer Prisoner of War cemetery at Knollcombes, near Longwood, St Helena, commemorating the Boer POWs who died on the island 1900-1902 (enteric fever outbreak in 1902 accounted for many). The older, prisoner-built monument lists names with individual grave numbers; a second monument, added by the Union Government in 1913, lists names alphabetically without grave numbers.
Location: Knollcombes, near Longwood, St Helena
Photographs
Overview of the Boer Prisoner of War cemetery at Knollcombes | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Overview of the marked individual grave stones | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
The two granite monuments together (1902 prisoner-built and 1913 Union Government) | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Name panels
Panel 1
Panel 1 — prisoner-built monument, graves 1-23: Van den Berg-Du Plooy | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 2
Panel 2 — prisoner-built monument, graves 1-30 (closer view): De Beer-Lubbe | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 3
Panel 3 — prisoner-built monument, graves 31-54: Badenhorst-Toeset | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 4
Panel 4 — prisoner-built monument, graves 43-60: Geyer-Van der Vlugt | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 5
Panel 5 — prisoner-built monument, graves 61-84: Naude-Buitendag | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 6
Panel 6 — prisoner-built monument, graves 74-90: Broese-Le Roux | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 7
Panel 7 — prisoner-built monument, graves ~91-109 (weathered, not fully transcribed) | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 8
Panel 8 — 1913 Union Government monument (alphabetical, no grave numbers): Badenhorst-Erikson | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 9
Panel 9 — 1913 Union Government monument (alphabetical, no grave numbers): Ferreira-Van der Merwe | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 10
Panel 10 — 1913 Union Government monument (alphabetical, no grave numbers): Nel-Steyn | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 11
Panel 11 — 1913 Union Government monument (alphabetical, no grave numbers): Oosthuizen-Du Toit | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Panel 12
Panel 12 — 1913 Union Government monument (alphabetical, no grave numbers): Venter-Van Zyl | Photo: Margaret Gundry; caption: Dal Good & Wilna Eygelaar (eGGSA Graves - Worldwide, Saint Helena album, Original Photo
Names on Panel 1 Names on Panel 2 Names on Panel 3 Names on Panel 4 Names on Panel 5 Names on Panel 6 Names on Panel 7 Names on Panel 8 Names on Panel 9 Names on Panel 10 Names on Panel 11 Names on Panel 12
Names 82
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Panel | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48231 | Mostert | Johannes Petrus | J P | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 43, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-30 |
| 48232 | Muller | Antonie Michael | A M | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 52, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-09-10 |
| 48229 | Naude | Jan Lodewikus W) | J L W | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 62, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-11-18 |
| 48230 | Naude | Francois Alwyn | F A | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 61, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-11-06 |
| 48225 | Nielsen | Mat (matts Nelson) | M ( N | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 37, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-06-07 |
| 48227 | Oberholzer | Johannes Jacobus | J J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 33, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-05-14 |
| 48224 | Oosthuizen | Willem Johannes | W J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 4, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-05-02 |
| 48222 | Opperman | Philip Albertus | P A | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 10, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-05-28 |
| 48226 | Ossthuizen | Izaak F | I F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 6
Grave 87, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-02-28 |
| 48221 | Otto | Johan Frederick | J F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 64, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-11 |
| 48215 | Pieterse | Ferdinand Pieter | F P | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 38, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-06-08 |
| 48213 | Pretorius | Johannes Lodewicus | J L | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 70, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-10 |
| 48211 | Rosselt | Johan Jacob Frederick | J J F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 5, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-05-06 |
| 48206 | Smit | Jacobus Johannes | J J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 49, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age hard to read, initials/position match.
|
1901-08-16 |
| 48200 | Steyn | Johannes Andries | J A | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 2
Grave 20, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-10-23 |
| 48201 | Steyn | Petrus Jacobus | P J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 2
Grave 29, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-04-18 |
| 48194 | Termeulen | Anne Frans | A F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 36, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 26 vs ROH 26; St Helena National Trust source gives 27.
|
1901-06-06 |
| 48195 | Touset | Josephus | J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 54, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 32 vs ROH 33.
|
Unknown |
| 48183 | Van Deventer | Jacob | J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 51, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-09-04 |
| 48178 | Van Rooyen | Gerhardus W | G W | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 80, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument initials read C W, ROH has G W.
|
1902-02-16 |
| 48177 | Van Sittert | Tobias | T | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 63, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-02 |
| 48174 | Van Wyk | Albert Johannes | A J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 2
Grave 15, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-08-11 |
| 48169 | Van Zyl | Rothman Johannes | R J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 45, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-08-08 |
| 48171 | Van Zyl | Gert Johannes | G J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 2
Grave 12, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-07-05 |
| 48188 | Van den Berg | Johannes Petrus Louis | J P L | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 1, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. age not legible in photo.
|
1900-04-28 |
| 48191 | Van den Berg | Rudolph J | R J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 8, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-05-24 |
| 48185 | Van der Vlugt | Floris | F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 4
Grave 60, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 43 vs ROH 44.
|
1901-10-27 |
| 48167 | Venter | Hermanus (d) | H ( | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 41, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-14 |
| 48168 | Venter | Johannes George | J G | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 4
Grave 58, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument initials read J S, ROH has J G; age approx 64 vs ROH 65.
|
1901-10-12 |
| 48165 | Viljoen | Andries | A | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 83, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 32 vs ROH 31.
|
1902-02-24 |
| 48166 | Viljoen | Johannes Francois | J F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 1
Grave 6, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1900-05-08 |
| 48162 | Wehlen | Frank | F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 2
Grave 13, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-07-08 |