Eastern Cape, GRAHAMSTOWN, Urban area / Eastern Cape, GRAHAMSTOWN, Botanical Gardens, cemetery / (4 of 8 images)
Cemetery information:-
The Makana Botanical Gardens in Grahamstown are situated on land granted to the Albany Botanical Gardens by the Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir George Cathcart, on 19th October 1853.
A military cemetery, dating from 1819 to 1822, lies within the grounds of the botanical gardens.Apart from one, the remaining headstones can no longer be read because of weathering and the growth of lichen on them. The earliest grave is that of Captain R. Gethin, who died in the Battle of Grahamstown in 1819.
(source: https://somethingovertea.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/heritage-sites-in-grahamstown-botanical-gardens/)
Album incomplete.
eGGSA captions by: Marielle Ford.
The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery
Cemetery ID: 3609
Information submitted by: Marielle Ford
Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 4302
GPS: Not available
GETHIN Robert -1819
Here lie interred the remains of Captain Robert GETHIN. His Majesty's 7th Regt. who after having by his gallantry highly distinguished himself in the Army commanded by the Duke of Wellington was killed near DE BRUIN's Drift on the 3rd of February 1819, aged 33. Captain GETHIN, of the 72nd Regiment, left his post at De Bruyn’s Drift to investigate a report of stolen cattle and the murder of yet another herder, only to find himself and his men surrounded by Xhosa soldiers, who slaughtered them. Gethin’s body was found with thirty spear wounds in it. Two other (PEACOCKE & McDONALD) died in this attack and the amaXhosa made off with their horses, arms and ammunition.
contributed by: Marielle Ford
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