Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2829DB153
Site Name
18th Hussars Memorial Post, Platrand, Ladysmith
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, March 12, 2021 - 17:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Friday, March 12, 2021 - 17:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: 18th HussarsRecorder Name: Nkonzo Dlamini
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Commemorates/serves a marker of the area where the Hussars were held in battle during the siege of Ladysmith at the time of the Anglo-Boer War
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Stonewall;Concrete
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
Siege of Ladysmith
Inscriptions
"This post and outlying works were held by the 18th Hussars from January 1900 to the end of the Seige of Ladysmith"
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.586745, 29.771705
KwaZulu-Natal
- Uthukela
- Alfred Duma
Directions to Site
Next to Golf club
Access details
Public access; route is closed after 17h00pm
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
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