Long Island Cemeteries
Photo added by BKGeni

Long Island Cemeteries

Also known as Boer War Cemetery

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Bermuda

Add cemetery photos

About

  • Get directions Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Bermuda
    Coordinates: 32.28611, -64.81977
  • Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

Advertisement

Photos

The cemetery is made up of two distinct areas covering about an acre in total. The southern area is the older section, also known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery, and was used by the Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The northern area was developed later and was used exclusively for Boer P.O.W.s. At the highest point in the cemetery the Boers erected a monument which has the names of all those in the cemetery. The names are numbered and those numbers correlate to numbers on the head stones. Shortly after the end of the war in 1903 the wall that now encloses the entire cemetery was constructed.
The cemetery is made up of two distinct areas covering about an acre in total. The southern area is the older section, also known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery, and was used by the Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The northern area was developed later and was used exclusively for Boer P.O.W.s. At the highest point in the cemetery the Boers erected a monument which has the names of all those in the cemetery. The names are numbered and those numbers correlate to numbers on the head stones. Shortly after the end of the war in 1903 the wall that now encloses the entire cemetery was constructed.

Nearby cemeteries

Ports Island

Warwick Parish, Bermuda

  • 8
  • 0%
  • 0%
0.2 mi
Christ Church Cemetery

Hill View, Warwick Parish, Bermuda

  • 342
  • 79%
  • 21%
1.5 mi
Saint Mary the Virgin Church Cemetery

Warwick Parish, Bermuda

  • 278
  • 93%
  • 5%
1.5 mi
Admiralty House Park Gravesite

Pembroke Parish, Bermuda

  • 1
  • 100%
  • 0%
1.7 mi
  • Added: 8 Jan 2012
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2432701