Western Cape, KLAARSTROOM, Urban area / Western Cape, PRINCE ALBERT district, Klaarstroom, Church of the Good Shepherd, church yard / (8 of 8 images)
Cemetery information:- 'The graves of Lance Corporal Boyd and Trooper Gishford can be found in this cemetery. They were both killed on 2 February 1901 during the skirmish in ‘Die Gang’. Gishford’s name is incorrectly engraved as Hirschford on the Guild Cross with an incorrect date of 4 February 1901. Sources: Marincowitz, Helena (1999): Prince Albert and the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Prince Albert, Fransie Pienaar Museum, pp.15; 19-22. Album complete, all the headstones in this cemetery were photographed. eGGSA captions by: Annatjie Erasmus & Eileen de Jager. The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery Cemetery ID: 3170 Information submitted by: Alta Griffiths Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 3779 GPS: -33 19.870, 22 32.150
HIRSCHFORDS -1901
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