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Album of Photographs relating
to the Island of St. Helena and prisoners of war. Sergeant Arthur
Jones, number 4507, is recorded as having been stationed on St. Helena
from 20 Feb 1901 to 3 Nov 1902 - clearly guarding the Prisoners of the
South African (Boer) War. Formed of 96 images held within album pages
and eight loose images.
Longwood House, St. Helena was the site of
Emperor Napoleon’s Captivity between Oct 1815 and May 1821 when he
died.
During the South African ‘Boer War’ 1899-1902
St. Helena was again used as a Prisoner of War Camp. Between 5000 and
6000 Boer POWs were held on the Island, camped on Deadwood Plain and
Broad Bottom.
The first 514 POWs landed at St Helena from the
SS Milwaukee on 14 Apr 1900, including General and Mrs Cronje and his
military staff. The General and his wife were accommodated in ‘Kent
Cottage’.
Further POWs arrived, 394 on board ‘Lake Erie’
in Apr 1900, 1099 on board ‘Bavarian’ on 1 May 1900, and the last ship
was the ‘Mongolian’ which arrived with 649 POWs on 3 Feb 1901. A
total of 4689 men.
More arrived in 1902 with 1050 POWs on board the
‘Orient’ and others on board the ‘Britannia’.
Peace came in Jun 1901 and this was followed
with the return of the POWs, the first of which on board the ‘Canada’
on 26 Jun 1901. |
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Photograph: View of Jamestown,
St. Helena from off shore. Including St. James Church. |
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Photograph: View of Jamestown,
St. Helena from off shore. |
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Photograph: View out to see
from Jamestown, St. Helena, showing two large sailing ships and
several smaller ships. |
ko1466/10-004 |
Photograph: View of Jamestown,
St. Helena, from hill above the town, including St. James’ Church. |
ko1466/10-005 |
Photograph: St. James’s
Church, Jamestown, St. Helena. |
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Photograph: View of Defensive
wall and out to see, Jamestown, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-007 |
Photograph: Jacobs Ladder,
Ladder Hill, Jamestown, St. Helena. 699 steps lead up to the fort on
the top of the hill. |
ko1466/10-008 |
Photograph: View of steep slop
to the side of Jamestown, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-009 |
Photograph: Main street of
Jamestown, St. Helena. Including Jackson’s Chemist, the Soldiers and
Sailors Institute |
ko1466/10-010 |
Photograph: Group of men out
side ‘Te Huis’ Jamestown, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-011 |
Photograph: Semi-rural street
scene, St. Helena. |
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Photograph: View of Jamestown,
St. Helena. |
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Photograph: Landscape view.
St. Helena. |
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Photograph: The Boer General
Piet Cronjé who was held at Kent Cottage on St. Helena from 1900. |
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Photograph: Group of British
soldiers and others, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-016 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena, which includes a house. |
ko1466/10-017 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-018 |
Photograph: Tortoise on St.
Helena. |
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Photograph: St. Paul’s Church,
St. Helena
“Situated in the country, on the hill at the
back of Plantation House. The church is capable of accommodating
about 500 persons, and the style of architecture is the early
English. Since the closing of the Burial grounds in James Town, the
churchyard attached to St. Paul’s has become of additional interest,
not only to the inhabitants, but also to strangers visiting the
island, many of whom have friends or relations interred in this
beautiful spot.”
From: Views of St. Helena, Illustrative of its
Scenery and Historical Association from Photographs by G W Melliss,
Surveyor General of the Island, 1857. |
ko1466/10-020 |
Photograph: Tented Prisoner of
War Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-021 |
Photograph: Landscape view,
St. Helena |
ko1466/10-022 |
Photograph: View of St. Helena
from the sea. |
ko1466/10-023 |
Photograph: View of Jamestown,
St. Helena, from high vantage point looking out to see over the whole
town. |
ko1466/10-024 |
Photograph: Cliffside, St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-025 |
Photograph: Footbridge, St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-026 |
Photograph: Chapel? St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-027 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-028 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena |
ko1466/10-029 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena |
ko1466/10-030 |
Photograph: Landscape of St.
Helena |
ko1466/10-031 |
Photograph: Settlement in bay,
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-032 |
Photograph: View of headland
and island, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-033 |
Photograph: View of St. Helena
from off shore. |
ko1466/10-034 |
Photograph: View of St. Helena
from off shore. |
ko1466/10-035 |
Photograph: Landscape view,
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-036 |
Photograph: Cannon, St.
Helena. |
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Photograph: St. Matthew’s
Church, Longwood, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-038 |
Photograph: Landscape with
view of St. Matthew’s Church, Longwood, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-039 |
Photograph: St. Matthew’s
Church, Longwood, St. Helena. |
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Photograph: Photograph of
portrait of Emperor Napoleon |
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Photograph: Photograph of
painting, ‘Death of Napoleon’ |
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Photograph: Site of Napoleon’s
memorial.
On May 5th 1821, Napoleon I° passed away on the island
of St Helena, where he had been in exile ever since 1815. He was
buried close to a spring, in the shadows of a few weeping willows, in
the "Geranium valley". His remains rested there until October 15th
1840. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe decided to transfer the body.
French sails men, under the Prince de Joinville command, brought back
the coffin to France, aboard the "Belle Poule" ship.
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Photograph: Napoleon’s
Memorial, St. Helena |
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Photograph: Napoleon’s
Memorial, St. Helena |
ko1466/10-047 |
Photograph: Small house in
woods |
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Photograph: Landscape view of
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-049 |
Photograph: Prisoner of war
camp, distant view, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-050 |
Photograph: Huts in Prisoner
of War Camp, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-051 |
Photograph: View of prisoner
of war camp showing huts and tented accommodation. Probably Deadwood
Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-052 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners of
war in camp, alongside tents and with washing drying. Probably
Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-053 |
Photograph: Group of Boer
Prisoners posing for photograph. POW Camp, probably Deadwood Camp,
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-054 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners in
tents, probably Deadwood Camp, St Helena. |
ko1466/10-055 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-056 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-057 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-058 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. ‘Transvaal Café’ |
ko1466/10-059 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-060 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-061 |
Photograph: Group of Boer
prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-062 |
Photograph: Group of Boer
prisoners who had attended a school in the camp. |
ko1466/10-063 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
four men looking on at a fifth who does not appear well. Probably
Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-064 |
Photograph: Two Boer
prisoners, St. Helena. |
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Photograph: Boer Prisoner, St.
Helena. |
ko1466/10-066 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners,
probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-067 |
Photograph: Boer prisoners
stood in front of tent and wooden hut, probably Deadwood Camp, St.
Helena. |
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Photograph: Landscape view. |
ko1466/10-069 |
Photograph: General view of
Boer Prisoner of war camp, probably Deadwood Camp, with
British/Imperial troops and horse drawn wagon. St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-070 |
Photograph: Male and female
figure, man with violin? |
ko1466/10-071 |
Photograph: Man as Napoleon? |
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Photograph: View of woods. |
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Photograph: View of coastal
fort |
ko1466/10-074 |
Photograph: The sea front at
Jamestown in storm. St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-075 |
Photograph: The sea front at
Jamestown in storm. St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-076 |
Photograph: Scene with
soldiers Jamestown, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-077 |
Photograph: Man stood next to
large packing case. Addressed to Chaplain Martin, 4th Gloster
Regiment, Stroud, Gloucestershire. St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-078 |
Photograph: Indians and others
on board a boat. |
ko1466/10-079 |
Photograph: Jacobs Ladder,
Jamestown, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-080 |
Photograph: View of tents,
with Longwood House in the distance, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-081 |
Photograph: View of
countryside/landscape, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-082 |
Photograph: View of
countryside/landscape, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-083 |
Photograph: Marble bust. |
ko1466/10-084 |
Photograph: Off shore view of
the island of St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-085 |
Photograph: Group on St.
Helena, including Sergeant Arthur Jones of the King’s Own, extreme
left on the back row, standing. King’s Own Collar Dogs visible. |
ko1466/10-086 |
Photograph: View of
countryside/landscape, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-087 |
Photograph: View of Jamestown,
looking inland, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-088 |
Photograph: Countryside view
with tented camp in the distance. |
ko1466/10-089 |
Photograph: Plantation House,
St. Helena. The home of the Governor. |
ko1466/10-090 |
Photograph: View of
countryside/landscape St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-091 |
Photograph: Houses/buildings.
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-092 |
Photograph: Plantation House,
St. Helena. The home of the Governor. |
ko1466/10-093 |
Photograph: View of mountains,
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-094 |
Photograph: View of headland,
St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-095 |
Photograph: Tented camp,
probably Prisoner of War Camp, St. Helena. |
ko1466/10-096 |
Photograph: Two soldiers sat
outside stone buildings. |
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Photograph: Jacobs Ladder, up
Ladder Hill, Jamestown, St. Helena. 699 Steps. |
ko1466/10-099 |
Photograph: Cannon and
fortified wall |
ko1466/10-100 |
Photograph: Group photograph
of prisoners – “18 Different Nationalities in Deadwood Camp, St.
Helena” |
ko1466/10-101 |
Photograph: Boer Prisoners in
town, outside Church, St. Helena. |
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Photograph: Two men, St.
Helena. On the right is believed to be the Boer General Piet Cronjé,
Photograph by A L Innes, St. Helena. Photographers stamp on rear. |
ko1466/10-103 |
Photograph: Boer prisoner sat
outside hut and other Boer prisoners looking at photographs on side of
hut. |
ko1466/10-104 |
Photograph: Deadwood Camp, St.
Helena. Distant view of prisoner of war camp. |
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Photograph: ‘Lappies Dorp’
Broad Bottom Kemp, St. Helena, 14 Aug 1901. General view of huts
and prisoner accommodation. ‘Dorp’ meaning village. |