Cory Library and Historical Archives

Boma Pass memorial stone

Item

“Boma Pass memorial stone”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/12946

Title

Boma Pass memorial stone

Description

The inscription reads: “Boma Pass Road constructed December 1853 by order of His Excellency L’Gen. the Hon. Sir Geo. Cathcart K.C.B. Governor, by the Royal – Engineer Department. The working party consisted of Detachments of the 8th Regt. And the 60th Royal Rifles. Under the direction of Lieut HR Siborne Royal Engineers.

Subject

Boma Pass -- Eastern Cape

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/19801

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 124

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Item sets

Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cory Library's miscellaneous images

Media

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Hierarchies

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“Boma Pass memorial stone”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/12946