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

Address: Knollcombes Road, Longwood, Saint Helena

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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 20

Filtered to Panel 2 — Show all names

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Panel	Date of Death
48312	Brand	Christiaan Pieter	C P	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 28, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1901-03-22
48308	Buys	Hendrik Willem Johannes	H W J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 23, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-12-27
48306	Cornelius	Wynand Frederik	W F	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 19, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	Unknown
48302	De Beer	Johannes Jochemus	J J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 11, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-05-31
48293	Dobrich	Stephen	S	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 27, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1901-02-23
48289	Du Plooy	Casper Jan Hendrik	C J H	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 24, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1901-01-01
48287	Du Toit	Gert Jacobus	G J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 17, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-08-24
48283	Faber	Petrus Coenraad Johannes	P C J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 22, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-12-27
48275	Goddefroy	Maruis Theodore	M T	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 26, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 19 vs ROH 29.	1901-02-09
48269	Hallett	William Alexander	W A	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 14, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-07-17
48264	Johansson	Jacob	J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 18, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument surname JOHNSON vs ROH surname Johansson.	1900-09-11
48250	Lindeque	Gert Cornelis	G C	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 16, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-08-16
48249	Loggenberg	Gideon Rudolf	G R	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 21, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 19 vs ROH 18.	1900-11-29
48248	Lubbe	David Johannes	D J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 30, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1901-04-27
48238	Mcdonald	Frederick Alexander	F A	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 25, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1901-01-26
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
48174	Van Wyk	Albert Johannes	A J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 15, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-08-11
48171	Van Zyl	Gert Johannes	G J	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 12, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1900-07-05
48162	Wehlen	Frank	F	Burgher	Boer Forces	Panel 2 Grave 13, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument	1902-07-08