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I recently visited the museum at Richmond, Northern Cape. The curator, one Johan Tolken, advised that the cemetery at Richmond contains a number of war graves and that these are in a state of disrepair, so much so that they had removed some of the headstones and now keep these in the museum. Prior to this I visited the Deelfontein Hospital site where the two cemeteries are in excellent condition as these have been maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Does anyone know how one can help the folk in Richmond to mend and also secure the graves in Richmond?
The folk in Richmond are also keen to build a scale model of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein for their little museum and are eager to raise funds for this. Perhaps someone on this group has relevant contacts or ideas as to how to approach this.

Karjomat,

They sound very worthwhile projects to undertake.

I an not sure how the funding works in SA for project such as these. Are grants available from the CWGC for the cemetery?

Thanks for the reply; I have mailed the CWGC and will share their response.
Nick Burger