Vicarsford Cemetery - The Lairs & the Stones
The Lairs:
For each lair, the surname of the purchaser is given. Lairs which had not been purchased before about 2021, or which are not available for sale, are not listed here. Lairs were frequently bought in pairs, sometimes in multiples. The information has been taken from a copy of the Cemetery Lair Plan kindly provided by Alan Reid.
The Gravestones:
For most of the stones, the text here is not a word-for-word transcript. There are only a few photographs here. However, Find A Grave has photos of nearly all the stones.
Lair purchasers and listings given up to early 2022. These pages will not be continually updated.
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| GPS: 56.420288, -2.911342 |
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| [inside the chapel] [crest] To the Memory of Volunteers from Newport who fell in the South African War 1899 - 1902. Pt. Alexr. Kidd, 1st. V.B.R. Hrs., aged 23 years, Bloemfontein 3rd May 1900; Pt. Alfd. Mathewson, 1st. V.B.R. Hrs., aged 21 years, Bloemfontein 28th April 1901; Pt. John Turnbull, 20th. Coy. F. & F. Yry., aged 21 years, Rooival 11th April 1902; Pt. Joseph Hopton, 20th. Coy. Impl. Yry., aged 21 years, Kimberley 22 July 1902; Pt Alexr. Fairweather, 1st. Scotsh. Horse, aged 22 years, wounded Oliphants Nek June 1901. Died Newport 2nd August 1903. photo |
| Names | Died |
|---|---|
| Fairweather, Alexander | 1903 |
| Hopton, Joseph | 1902 |
| Kidd, Alexander | 1900 |
| Mathewson, Alfred | 1901 |
| The Public | purchaser |
| Turnbull, John | 1902 |
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