Free State, BOSHOF district, Perdeberg, Wolvekraal 368, Battle of Paardeberg, Boer War memorials

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Cemetery information:- Album complete, we have photographs of all memorials. The Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg ("Horse Mountain") was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near Paardeberg Drift on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley. British casualties were 1,270, the highest for any day in the war. Boer casualties in the fighting were negligible, but some 4,500 surrendered with Genl Cronje. Two British soldiers were awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses: Alfred Atkinson, Yorkshire Regiment Francis Parsons, Essex Regiment eGGSA captions by: Eileen de Jager. The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery Cemetery ID: 3574 Information submitted by: Stoffel Willemse Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 4261 GPS: -28 56.577, 25 8.854