eGGSA Graves - Eastern Cape

Cemetery information:- Situated between Campbell & Durban streets. The town of Fort Beaufort, in the Eastern Cape, was established as a military post by Lt Col H.M Scott of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1822. It was named in honour of the 5th Duke of Beaufort, father of Lord Charles Somerset, then Governor of the Cape, and is situated at the confluence of the Kat and Brak Rivers. The War Memorial there takes the form of the Cross of Sacrifice, a simple yet effective memorial to those from the area who died during the First and Second World Wars. The Cross of Sacrifice was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the then Imperial War Graves Commission. It is mounted on octagonal base and takes the form of an elongated Latin cross on which a stylized bronze long-sword, point down, is fastened to the front. This form of memorial has been used in Commonwealth war cemeteries all over the world. (source: https://somethingovertea.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/war-memorial-fort-beaufort/) Album complete. eGGSA captions by: Alta Griffiths The GGSA Cemetery DVD/ Cemetery Transcript Project only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 6959 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 8354 GPS: -32 46.674, 26 37.824