The Mount Prospect Cemetery near Majuba contains the grave of Sir George Pomeroy Colley, who was killed at Majuba, officers an men from HMS Boadicea and Dido, and members of the 58th and 60th Regiments,

 The battle of Majuba was a major defeat for the British and resulted in a peace treaty being signed at O’Niels cottage on Laings Nek. The cemetery is on private property with Majuba Hill visible from the site.

Images : Hugh Bland

Grave of Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
Mount Prospect Cemetery – Majuba
Mount Prospect – 92nd Gordon Highlanders memorial – Battle of Majuba 1881.

 

Mount Prospect Cemetery – 1881 – First Anglo Boer War