Intombi Cemetery - Gordon Highlanders Monument

The memorial to the Gordon Highlanders in the Ladysmith (Intombi) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa which lists those men from the Regiment who died of disease while stationed there during the Boer War 1899-1902. During the siege of Ladysmith food became very scarce and many of the 30, 000 inhabitants died from enteric fever. In the final month of the siege, 28 British soldiers a day were being buried at the Intombi Hospital

Anglo-boer Boer Crosses Fever Highlanders Intombi Kwazulu Ladysmith Natal

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