Eastern Cape, KOMGA district, Komga, Fort Warden Outspan 23, Military graves
Cemetery information:- Sent in by William Martinson: I have recently visited the site of Fort Warden at which two soldiers of the 75th Regiment of Foot are buried. The two military graves are marked with grave stones made from sandstone (presumably quarried in the vicinity of the fort). Each stone was roughly formed into a regular slab, with the wording beautifully composed and carefully - yet naively - incised into the surface of the stone. The wording of each grave stone has been transcribed below: JOHN HANNA Roughly rectangular slab. SACRED to the MEMORY of John Hanna (Late) prvt. Soldier in the Light Company of H.M.'s 75th Rgt. who Departed this Life on the 24th Dec 1835 AGED 26 YEARS - ------ - KYRAN FITZPATRICK Rectangular slab with arched top and incised half-round perimeter margin. The letters of the first word were arranged to follow a semi-circular shape in response to the arched top of the stone: SACRED ,,,to the,,, MEMORY of Kyran Fitzpatrick Corpl. Late of .H M. 75th Regt who Departed this Life Aug't. 25. AD 1836. Aged 30 Years,,, Both stones have been set on a slight incline with a base formed of river stones set into mortar. This restoration of the grave site was carried out by the Komgha branch of TocH, presumably in the mid 1930's. Evidence of this is the rough lettering TOC H KOMGHA inscribed into the mortar at the base of Fitzpatrick's grave stone. W.A. Martinson Album complete. eGGSA captions by: Annel Meyer The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 5509 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 6585 GPS: -32 33.297, 28 00.323
1. Overview
FITZPATRICK Kyran -1836
HANNA John -1835