In 1847, an inn and trading store were established near a ford on the Bushman’s River in the midlands of the recently proclaimed British Colony of Natal.
In February, 1848, Major Cooper was detached to form a permanent post on [the] Bushman’s River, with the following forces under his command: 140 men of the 45th (including a mounted troop under Captain Parish), a detachment of the Royal Artillery, and a detachment of the Cape Mounted Rifles.
This cemetery evidently had its beginnings in 1848 when Private John Ashton of the 45th Regiment was buried there after drowning in the river on 20 July 1848.
(source: Angloboerwar.com)
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