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 21
Filtered to Panel 3 — Show all names
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Panel | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48319 | Blignaut | Charl Eliza | C E | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 39, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-02 |
| 48316 | Boshoff | Mattheus Johannes Hendrikus | M J H | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 34, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-05-18 |
| 48309 | Buitendag | Jan Jacobus | J J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 50, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age approx 45 vs ROH 47.
|
1901-08-30 |
| 48295 | Dreyer | Andries Frederick | A F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 48, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 58 vs ROH 59.
|
1901-08-22 |
| 48279 | Fouche | Daniël Gerhardus | D G | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 44, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-31 |
| 48277 | Gerber | Frans Antoni Zous | F A Z | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 35, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-06-06 |
| 48274 | Geyer | Casper Jeremiah | C J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 42, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-16 |
| 48258 | Kotze | Petrus Andreas Jacobus | P A J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 47, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-08-19 |
| 48257 | Krause | Hendrik | H | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 40, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-02 |
| 48237 | Meintjes | Isaac Jacobus | I J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 53, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-09-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 48215 | Pieterse | Ferdinand Pieter | F P | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 38, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-06-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 48169 | Van Zyl | Rothman Johannes | R J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 45, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-08-08 |
| 48167 | Venter | Hermanus (d) | H ( | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 3
Grave 41, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-07-14 |