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The Monument vir Engelse gesneuweldes in begraafplaas (Monument for English Fallen in Cemetery) is a war memorial located in the town of Jacobsdal, Free State province. It commemorates British soldiers who died during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). Jacobsdal was a key site during the war, as it was occupied by British forces in early 1900 after the Relief of Kimberley. The cemetery contains graves of British soldiers who fell in skirmishes or died of wounds and disease in the area. The monument itself is a simple stone obelisk or cross, typical of British war memorials erected in South Africa after the conflict. The exact year 1899 marks the start of the war, though most casualties in Jacobsdal occurred in 1900.

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