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Prisoners of war info 1 month 3 weeks ago #99401

apvz Topic Author Offline Fresh recruit Posts: 3 Thank you received: 0	Is there anywhere where we can obtain the information about the Boers that was taken to St Helena?
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djb Offline Administrator Posts: 33085 Thank you received: 5087	apvx, You can do that on this page www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/8...-for-boers-st-helena Best wishes David Dr David Biggins
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Elmarie Offline Senior Member Posts: 1040 Thank you received: 1094	apvz Is there someone special you are looking for? In total, there were 5207 Pow's recorded in the registers sent to St Helena. Elmarie Malherbe The following user(s) said Thank You: djb
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Ians1900 Offline Senior Member Posts: 403 Thank you received: 242	This website is useful: sainthelenaisland.info/boerprisoners.htm Author of “War on the Veldt. The Anglo-Boer War Experiences of the Wiltshire Regiment” published 2024 by the Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum. The following user(s) said Thank You: djb, apvz
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apvz Topic Author Offline Fresh recruit Posts: 3 Thank you received: 0	Hi Elmarie Yes, I'm looking for Jacobus Johannes Del la Porte (Delport) Not sure when and why the surname changed. Apparently he was prisoner 897. Would love to get more info about him.
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Jacques De La Porte, the founder of this clan, was a Huguenot who became a farmer (Boer) in the Cape after fleeing Catholic persecution in 1698. The name would have changed to Delport as French was forgotten and Dutch / Afrikaans spoken.
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wmbr.org.za/krygsgevangenes/623-897-delport-jacobus-johannes/
wmbr.org.za/krygsgevangenes/14864-15782-...rt-jacobus-johannes/

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

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