Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2917DB154
Site Name
Concordia Town Guard Memorial, Goodhouse Street, Concordia
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, March 22, 2021 - 19:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 22, 2021 - 19:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Designer: Jean Cloete Ashley saal rayno emke Geraldo cloete Caine saal Shane Erasmus Cecil Thomas Malcolm mostert canwewl Zulu Charles CloeteBuilder: Build it Springbok,pam holdings properties ,Rubicon consulting group,bookmark crusher carolusberg,marlin group,NAMMIC,nicholas co- operative minePerson/Institution Commemorated: Captain Francis Phillip's and his 110 comrades
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To get people to know that here is also a memorial
Original Position
Original Position
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Stone
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Unveiled Comment
Municipality Nama Khoi ,Springbok and DSAC- NAMAKWA
Inscriptions
"The men who would not march The memorial honours Captain Francis PhIllips and his 110 comrades in the Concordia town guard for their actions on April 4 1902 .The coloured population of Concordia were in danger because the men who in their everyday lives were mine labourers in the Namaqua Copper Company had willingly joined the town guard raised by the British under martial law .If overrun ,they faced massacre by a 1,000 strong Boer force under General J.C.Smuts but when ordered to march the 15km to the stronghold of O'okiep when the Boers approached these men ,Nama ,Coloured and British ,matured and refused to leave without their families .Their armed presence daunted the Boers and Concordia was saved thanks to the love and courage of the men honoured on this monument" .
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.539253, 17.945249
Northern Cape
- Namakwa
- Nama Khoi
Directions to Site
It's in Shilovhane Street opposite Rummapudu Road, from Pretoria Central you take Church street going to Silverton and offramp onto Mamelodi and into Tsamaya Avenue until you reach the Stanza Bopape community Development center on your right at Shilovhane street in Mamelodi Pretoria.
Access details
Local tourism and the community
Media
Media
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