Western Cape, PRINCE ALBERT district, Klaarstroom, Church of the Good Shepherd, church yard
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
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Date: 13 Apr 2008
Contributed by: eGGSA
Size: 10 items
(14 items total)
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