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The list of 31,648 Boer PoWs has been added to the site.

These are accessible from the Name Search option.

The information usually available is:

Surname

Forname/initials

Where and when captured

Where sent to

Age

Address

The information that would be very interesting to see is the Commando but this is not available.

I would like to thank Johan and Elmarie of the Anglo Boer War Museum for sharing this information with us.

The PoW information is available in more easily searchable format from the following pages:

All PoWs
St Helena
Bermuda
Ceylon
India

Interestingly, there are no PoWs listed as having been sent to Portugal (but there are many records where no country or camp is identified).

A list of the places with more than 100 PoWs

Paardeberg 4208
Fouriesburg 3542
Straithnairn 526
Harrismith 465
Elandslaagte 286
Nooitgedacht 275
Johannesburg 268
Pretoria 265
O'Rieliespan 227
Barberton 220
Rietfontein 192
Kroonstad 189
Modderrivier 159
Malipspoort 155
On His Farm 148
Rotterdam 146
Jagersfontein 141
Ventersdorp 140
Potchefstroom 139
Waterval 139
Spitzkop 136
Driefontein 126
Gruisfontein 126
Mafeking 122
Boshof 120
Roodepoort 117
Leeuwspruit 111
Vlakfontein 110
Hopetown 109
Winburg 108
Rietspruit 104
Schaapkraal 103
Bethlehem 101

A pie chart showing the destination of prisoners (where known)

A graph showing the distribution of PoWs by age



Under 16s are strongly represented in the data:

Age - number of PoWs
6 - 1
7 - 4
8 - 9
9 - 13
10 - 33
11 - 50
12 - 136
13 - 207
14 - 376
15 - 560

A bar chart showing the number of prisoners by month.

The Paardeberg effect is clearly visible. There is also another spike in July 1900.

20 men have a date captured after peace was declared.