Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
ETH/NAMM/0028
Inventory Number
2730DC19
Site Name
Scheepers Neck Monument, R34, Vryheid
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 08:32
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Friday, February 12, 2021 - 08:32.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
This place is located in the middle of the farm and it is not easily accessible, so I can suggest that the Office make means of owning the property at least that portion of land the monument is in . Person/Institution Commemorated: Sect Major E Squad B.M.I and his Troopers
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To Commemorate the life of troopers of The B.M.I Johannesburg Regiment , who fell in action on May 20th 1900 in the Battlefield of Scheepers Neck
Original Position
Third brother Private Alastair Hamilton's ,his memorial is a reproduction of the original in the president grand cemetery in Bloemfontein
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Stones
Marble
Pedestal Material
Soil
Event Commemorated
Battle of Scheepers Neck
Inscriptions
To Commemorate the life of troopers of The B.M.I Johannesburg Regiment , who fell in action on May 20th 1900 in the Battlefield of Scheepers Neck
Location
Location
Mapping
-27.850341, 30.667426
KwaZulu-Natal
- Zululand
- Abaqulusi
Directions to Site
The statue is located in Durban CBD, on the corner of King Dinuzulu Road/Berea Road and Julius Nyerere Street, opposite DUT city campus
Access details
Open to public. Accessible through site owner
Media
Media
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