Burgershoop Cemetery ABW Reburials Memorial
Photo: Derek Walker
Location
Krugersdorp, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Burgerhoop Cemetery,Omega Street and Wagen Road.
The Cemetery gate is at the end of Omega Street.
GPS 26 deg 6 min 7.82 sec S, 27 deg 45 min 39.12 sec E
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Significance
Graves have been relocated to this site from Nooitgedacht, Cyferfontein, Quaggafontein and Vlakfontein.
The Memorial was erected by the South African War Graves Board in 1964
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The 4-sided Memorial is inscribed:
1899 1902
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS
WHO DIED DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899-1902 ORIGINALLY BURIED AT NOOITGEDACHT,
CYFERFONTEIN, QUAGGAFONTEIN AND VLAKFONTEIN
AND WHO ARE NOW BURIED HERE WITH THEIR COMRADES
AT KRUGERSDORP
Photo: Derek Walker
Further reading:
Burgershoop Cemetery - Jameson Raid Memorial and Graves