Memorial Boer Prisoners

During the Second Boer War, 1899.1902, many Boer fighters and their families fled to the Portuguese colony of Mozambique to escape the British Forces. They were interred and transferred to Portugal where 14 of them died. In 1913, the South African Government erected a monument to honour them. Only one of the 14 is buried in the cemetery, Johannes Christoffel Nel is interred beneath the monument. The monument with inscriptions in Afrikaans and English was unveiled by the Governor General of South Africa, Viscount Gladstone, and the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Louis Botha.

"Stefanus Johannes H Coetsee Buried at Peniche
Mathias Van As Pretorius Buried at Peniche
Willem Jacobus Botha Buried at Oeiras
John Andrew Odman Buried at Oeiras
Johannes Petrus Du Plessis , P.E. Zn Buried at Western Cemetery Lisbon
Carl Walz Buried at Western Cemetery Lisbon
Thomas Barend B. Richards Buried at Western Cemetery Lisbon
Johannes Christoffee Nel Buried beneath this stone
Pieter Jurgens Wessels Buried at Caldas Da Rainha
Nicilas Jahannes Briuja Buried at Caldas Da Rainha
Pelser Buried at Caldas Da Rianha
Karl Jacob Voster Buried at Caldras Da Rainha
Walter Harding Buried at Al Cobaca
Andries Schalk Willem Brits Buried at Al Cobaca"

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