The Boer Prisoners
Apart from Napoleon, St Helena is also best known as the place to which about 6000 Boer prisoners of war were captured during the Anglo-Boer War were interned from 1900 to 1904. They were housed in tents on Deadwood Plain and Broad Bottom. After the war several Boers decided to stay on the island and married local women. Prisoners who died on the island were buried at Knollcombes. The graves were tiered down a steep slope and have numbers instead of names - the names are listed on the cenotaphs.
Visitor's are welcomed to visit the Boer Cemetery located at Knollcombes in the St. Paul's district, at any time of day.
At Knollcombes, there is also a Baptist Chapel whose cemetery has the grave of St. Helena's first local Governor, Governor Janisch.
