Chieveley Military Cemetery, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Chieveley Military Cemetery in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is a British military burial ground associated with the Second Boer War, containing the graves of soldiers such as Victoria Cross recipient Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
military cemetery
associatedConflict Second Boer War
associatedWith British campaign in Natal
linked to: Siege of Ladysmith
associatedWithBattle Battle of Colenso
Relief of Ladysmith operations
linked to: Siege of Ladysmith
category Second Boer War cemeteries in South Africa
commemorates British military casualties of the Second Boer War
containsBurialsOf British soldiers
Commonwealth military personnel
containsGraveOf Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
country South Africa
era 1899–1902
hasBurialDateRange circa 1899–1900
hasGravesFrom Second Boer War period
hasGraveType war grave
hasNotableHonourRepresented Victoria Cross
linked to: The Victoria Cross
languageOfLocalToponym English
locatedIn Chieveley, KwaZulu-Natal
Colenso area
linked to: Colenso

KwaZulu-Natal
locatedNear Estcourt
Frere
locatedOn Natal railway line area
locatedOnContinent Africa
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
notableBurial Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
region uThukela District Municipality
usedBy British Army
British forces in the Second Boer War

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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts burialPlace Chieveley Military Cemetery, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa