West Bank Cemetery, East London

Burial Registers 1854-2008

The data presented here has been transcribed from the original burial registers, still in possesion of the cemetery, by Brian Barrett and Colin Levey.

The West Bank Cemetery is one of the three larger cemeteries serving the residents of East london, the other two being the old East Bank Cemetery and the Cambridge Cemetery.

The West Bank Cemetery lies at 30° 02' 22.00" S. and 27° 53' 59.00" E.  It is close to the well known Hood Point lighthouse and alongside the West Bank Golf Course.

There are approximately 100 children, 1000 single and 1800 double or family burial plots in this cemetery and approximately 3425 people have been buried there to date.

Brian has generously made this information available here on condition that is not used commercially or for profit under any circumstances.

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When searching for a name which may have more than one spelling, try searching for just that part which is usually the same in both forms, for instance MEINTJES | MEINTJIES: search for MEINTJ,  for VAN RENSBURG | JANSE VAN RENSBURG: search for RENSBURG,  for MACALLISTER | MCALLISTER | MC ALLISTER: search for ALLISTER, for  VAN DER MERWE | V.D.MERWE: search for MERWE.

In names of German origin having vowels such as Ö and Ü these vowels have been expanded into their long form OE and UE, so that KÖPKE will be found spelled KOEPKE, thus facilitating searching. Don't forget, however, that the original scribe may not have included the dieresis.