Saint Helena is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.  The territory consists of the island of Saint Helena, as well as the dependencies of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.  The island was discovered on 21 May 1502 by the Portuguese explorer João da Nova and named after Helena of Constantinople.  The Dutch claimed the island from 1645 but, in 1659, it was settled by the English East India Company under a charter granted by Richard Cromwell.  The island was lost to the Dutch for a short period in 1673 but it was retaken and the island re-granted to the East India Company by Charles II.  Before the Boer War, Saint Helena was already famous for being the place of exile of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1815 until his death in 1821.  Longwood House, where Napoleon stayed, and Sane Valley, where he was buried until 1840, are still owned by the French government.

St Helena was the first place to receive Boer prisoners.  However, the camp set up there was quickly overwhelmed by the numbers of men and new camps were established in India.

In May 1901, at the capital and port or St Helena, Jamestown, two Boers swam to a Russian ship moored in the harbour but they were not permitted to board and were later recaptured.  In the same month, camp security stopped a larger attempt to escape from Deadwood by a group of prisoners,  a concerted attempt by a group of prisoners at Deadwood Camp was foiled by the authorities. In Bermuda, a small number of Boers broke loose in Darren's Island and for a long time eluded capture. There were a large number of Boer sympathisers who may have helped them.

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Boers at Longwood
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Cronje at Longwood
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Broadbottom camp
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Broadbottom camp
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Boer Camp
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Boer Camp
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Prisoners from 12 nations
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Broadbottom camp
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Cronje's house
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Repatriation
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Sunday service
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 No   Surname   Forename   Captured   Date   Camp   Age   Address 
23DoyleJohn PhilipElandslaagte1899-10-21Deadwood33 S. Western Hotel, Market St.
118ArelWillem HendrikElandslaagte1899-10-21DeadwoodBethlehem Mission, Rustenburg
482Van AswegenHendrik Johannes AndriesPaardeberg1900-02-2719Potchefstroom
483Van AswegenHermanus PhilippusPaardeberg1900-02-2728Eigenaarsfontein
484Van AswegenJohannes DavidPaardeberg1900-02-2730Kaal Plaats
486Van AswegenWillem HerculesPaardeberg1900-02-2730Christiana
487Van AswegenHendrik AbrahamPaardeberg1900-02-2726Klopperskraal
488Van AswegenHendrik PetrusPaardeberg1900-02-27Deadwood33Elands Kuil
489AllenEdwardPaardeberg1900-02-2720Potchefstroom
491Van AntwerpJacob MattheusPaardeberg1900-02-2736Klip Drift
492Van AntwerpJacobus PetrusPaardeberg1900-02-2725Taaibosch Balt
493Van AntwerpNicolaas JacobusPaardeberg1900-02-2723Taaibosch Balt
494Van AntwerpCornelis GerhardusPaardeberg1900-02-2721Taaibosch Balt
495Van AntwerpIzak FrederikPaardeberg1900-02-2716Taaibosch Balt
496AbriePetrus Lucas DaniPaardeberg1900-02-27Broadbottom48Doornkloof
497AbriePetrus Lucas AlbertusPaardeberg1900-02-27Broadbottom19Doorn Kloof
498AustinCharles EdwardPaardeberg1900-02-2719Potchefstroom
499AlbertsHendrik Willem, JnrPaardeberg1900-02-27Deadwood35Eerstgevonden
504AndersonJohnMagersfontein1899-12-11Deadwood28Johannesburg
505AndersonJohn EdwardPaardeberg1900-02-2729Potchefstroom
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