Best Way to Explore Battles, Battlefields and War Graves in South Africa

Use the power of Google Earth to Zoom over the Battlefields of South Africa.

Battles in South Africa have raged between British and Zulu as well as British and Boers (Afrikaans for farmers) in the infamous Boer War. Tales of bravery and massacre are brought to life in visiting the Battlefields of South Africa. A list of battlefields and war graves is shown below the image.

This Google Earth link here will open up Google Earth and display many of the battlefields and war graves in South Africa on a single map (as in this static image). Notice the concentration of battlefields in the eastern parts of South Africa  Remember you MUST have Google Earth installed on your computer. Download Google Earth by clicking this link.

List of Battelfields and War Graves Shown on the Google Earth Interactive Map

Old British Stone Fort (1900)
Old Fort
Old Fort (1842)
Old Fort (Barton’s Folly)
Old Fort and Warrior’s Gate
Old Stone Fortification
Ou Fort
Ou Fort (1825)
Powder Magazine Fort Glamorgan
Queens Fort
Rooihuiskraal Battlefield 1881)
Skanskop Fort
The Fort
Van Wyksrust Gaol & Fort (1898)
Voortrekker Fort
Battle of Belmont (1899)
Battle of Blood River (1838)
Battle of Blood River Poort (1901)
Battle of Blouberg
Battle of Colenso (1899)
Battle of Driefontein (1900)
Battle of Elandslaagte (1899)
Battle of Gingindlovu (1879)
Battle of Groenkop
Battle of Kleinfontein
Battle of Magersfontein (1899)
Battle of Masega (1837)
Battle of Nambula (1879)
Battle of Nooitgedacht (1900)
Battle of Nsuze (1906)
Battle of Paardeberg (1900)
Battle of Pieters (27th February 1900)
Battle of Poplar Grove (1900)
Battle of Rorke’s Drift (1879)
Battle of Scheepersnek (1900)
Battle of Sekhukhuneland (1879)
Battle of Spioenkop (1900)
Battle of Talana (1899)
Battle of Tugela (1838)
Battle of Tugela Heights
Battle of Vechtkop (1835)
Battlefield of Isandhlwana (1879)
Fort Ahrens
Fort Amiel Museum (1879)
Fort Argyle (1879)
Fort Armstrong
Fort Brown (1835)
Fort Brugough (1879)
Fort Burbford
Fort Campbell
Fort Chater
Fort Cherry
Fort Evelyn (1879)
Fort Faugh-a-Ballagh
Fort Funk
Fort George
Fort Glamorgan
Fort Hare
Fort Holland
Fort Kwa-Mondi
Fort Marshall (1879)
Fort Merensky
Fort Mispah (1859)
Fort Mistake (1891)
Fort Napier
Fort Napoleon
Fort Nemdigate (1879)
Fort Nongqai
Fort Northampton
Fort Nottingham (1856)
Fort Pearson
Fort Prospect
Fort Rixon Memorial
Fort Selwyn
Fort Tenedos
Fort Trealork
Fort Weber (1878)
Fort Willshire
Fort Wylie
Manie Maritz Fort
Marabastad Fort
Mbamba Old Fort
Bailey’s Grave
Ben Milhams Grave (1818)
Bethal’s Grave
Bezuidenhout Grave
British War Graves
British War Graves
Carbineers Graves
Cemetery
Cetshwayo’s Grave
Darter’s Grave
Deneys Reitz Grave (1944)
Dick King’s Grave
Dr.C.L.Leipoldt SE Graf
English War Graves (1900)
Gaika’s Grave (1829)
Garden of Remembrance
Garden of Remembrance
Garden of Remembrance
Garden of Remembrance
Garden of Remembrance
German War Graves (1915)
Grave
Grave
Grave
Grave of Colour Sgt. John Pegg
Grave of George Rex
Grave of John R. Dunn
Graves
Graves (1879)
Graves of Claasen Family
Gruisbank Garden of Remembrance
J.S. King’s Grave
Konsentrasiekamp Begraafplaas
Mafikeng Siege Graves
Mary’s Grave (1438)
Mlokotwa Royal Graves
Moneni Royal Graves
Moshoehoe Graves
Mpande Grave
Ndongeni’s Grave
Nel Graves
Norwegian Soldiers Grave (1879)
Old Cemetery (Mid-1800’s)
Olive Schreiner’s Tomb
Oorlogsgrafte (1899-1902)
Oorlogsgrafte (1899-1902)
Oswald Pirow Grave (1950)
Paarl Grave (1862)
Piet Retief SE Graf (1838)
Pioneer Graves
Pretorius Grave
Sandile’s Grave (1878)
Sanlam
Stolz SE Graf
Thomas Moodies Grave
Voortrekker Graves
Voortrekkergrafte
War Graves
War Graves
War Graves
War Graves (1877)
War Graves (1897)
War Graves (1899-1902)
War Graves (1899-1902)
War Graves (1899-1902)
War Graves (1899-1902)
War Graves (1899-1902)
War Graves Cemetery
Zulu War Graves
Zulu War Graves