Elandslaagte Naval Cemetery in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal

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Coordinates: -28.41341, 29.94782
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The cemetery was establised during the Second Anglo Boer War for those who died mostly in the period after the relief of Laadysmith on 28 Feb 1900. The remains of soldiers who died in Field Hospitals and were originally buried at Modderspruit, Sundays Rivber, Wesselsnek and Waschbank were reinterred here. The cemetery is close to, but separate from the Elandslaagte Battleridge Cemetery that contains the graves of those soldiers who died at the battle of Elandslaagte on 21 Oct 1899.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission advises that caution should be exercised at this cemetery. The CWGC believes there may be criminal activity in the area due to vandalism of Anglo-Boer war graves at nearby Elandslaagte Battleridge Cemetery.