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 5 — Show all names
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Panel | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48324 | Bantjes | Henry James | H J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 78, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 20 vs ROH 22.
|
1902-02-14 |
| 48322 | Bloem | Carl de Jongh | C J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 75, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-01-29 |
| 48318 | Bosman | Petrus Francois | P F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 77, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 39 vs ROH 41.
|
1902-02-12 |
| 48311 | Broese | Johannes Henricus | J H | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 74, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-29 |
| 48310 | Buitendag | Matthys Jacobus | M J | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 84, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 51 vs ROH 52.
|
1902-02-25 |
| 48304 | Cox | Henry Frederick | H F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 82, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 34 vs ROH 36.
|
1902-02-18 |
| 48278 | Fourie | Christoffel Johannes S | C J S | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 81, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument. monument age 60 vs ROH 62.
|
1902-02-18 |
| 48276 | Fritz | Gert Antonie David | G A D | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 67, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-26 |
| 48265 | Hattingh | Johannes Hendrik | J H | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 79, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-02-15 |
| 48256 | Labuschagne | Francois Jacob (godfired) | F J ( | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 73, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-22 |
| 48247 | Lubbe | Gerhardus Francois | G F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 66, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-23 |
| 48242 | Maritz | Nicolaas Stephanus | N S | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 68, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-30 |
| 48239 | Mcgrath | Alfred | A | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 72, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-13 |
| 48233 | Meyer | Renier Stefanus | R S | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 76, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-29 |
| 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 |
| 48221 | Otto | Johan Frederick | J F | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 64, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1901-12-11 |
| 48213 | Pretorius | Johannes Lodewicus | J L | Burgher | Boer Forces |
Panel 5
Grave 70, Knollcombes Boer POW cemetery, prisoner-built monument
|
1902-01-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |