John, What good news. My grandfather and his family survived the war but suffered quite a lot in the siege of Ladysmith. Happy Christmas to all. Nick Furniss, Bracknell, Berks. Eng. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:09 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Anglo-Boer Graves in South Africa > Hi All: > > Good news about Anglo-Boer Graves in South Africa; the > Commonwealth War Graves Commision is to take over responsibility > for the British graves in South Africa (c22,000) from the SAHRA (South > African Heritage Resources Agency) under an agreement signed in > September 23. See CWGC Latest News (page down): > http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/News1.html > > The Commission (CWGC) expects to take four years to inventorise and > refurbish these graves (apparently a low priority for SAHRA and the > South African taxpayer, which, reasonably, has other priorities). > > This will include the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand graves. > There were 185 deaths in South Africa to members of the ten New > Zealand contingents (also 3 in Zimbabwe; 1 in Beira, Mozambique; 1 in > London, UK; 1 in Albany, West Australia). Plus some at sea and in New > Zealand; total 230. > > Yours, John Wilson (New Zealand) > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War List Page > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWar.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >