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Estcourt Garden of Remembrance

Estcourt, uThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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  • Get directions Alexandra Street, Estcourt, uThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Estcourt, uThukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
    Coordinates: -29.01042, 29.87549
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The Estcourt Garden of Remembrance has a memorial commemorating nearly 150 names and regiments of men who died during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War at Estcourt, and at General Buller's headquarters camp in Frere. The original military cemetery was on the opposite side of the river between Lambert Park cricket oval and New Weir. That cemetery was closed in 1963 and replaced by the Garden of Remembrance sited on high ground on the opposite side of the river overlooking Lambert Park. The old military cemetery 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. Most of the other graves in this cemetery dated from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. Also interred there were "Privates Norton, W Burgess, Wm Molloy and 47 other unknown brave British soldiers". These men are likely to have been buried in the Estcourt military cemetery between 1848 and the start of the 2nd Anglo-Boer War in 1899, and their grave markers with their regimental affiliations and dates of death were lost through neglect.

The Estcourt Garden of Remembrance has a memorial commemorating nearly 150 names and regiments of men who died during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War at Estcourt, and at General Buller's headquarters camp in Frere. The original military cemetery was on the opposite side of the river between Lambert Park cricket oval and New Weir. That cemetery was closed in 1963 and replaced by the Garden of Remembrance sited on high ground on the opposite side of the river overlooking Lambert Park. The old military cemetery 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. Most of the other graves in this cemetery dated from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. Also interred there were "Privates Norton, W Burgess, Wm Molloy and 47 other unknown brave British soldiers". These men are likely to have been buried in the Estcourt military cemetery between 1848 and the start of the 2nd Anglo-Boer War in 1899, and their grave markers with their regimental affiliations and dates of death were lost through neglect.

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  • Added: 8 Jan 2021
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2722209