South African Military History Society

Harry "The Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Church Street Cemetery, corner of Church Street and D.F. Malan Drive
About 50 meters from the Commonwealth Military Graves

Photo: Derek Walker

Significance
Morant and Handcock were executed by the British on 27 February 1902 after being convicted of murdering Boer Prisoners of War and civilians.

Their gravestone is inscribed

TO THE MEMORY OF
P. HANDCOCK
AND
HENRY H. MORANT
27th FEB 1902
HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE
SHALL FIND IT

A panel at the foot of the grave is inscribed:

IN MEMORIAM
HARRY "THE BREAKER" MORANT
AND 
PETER HANDCOCK
EXECUTED 100 YEARS AGO IN PRETORIA
27TH FEB 1902
A MAN'S FOES SHALL BE THOSE OF
HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD
ST MATTHEW CHAPTER 10 VERSE 36

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