Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2829DB55
Site Name
Wagon Hill Cemetery, Ladysmith, Klipriver District
Site Category
Burial Grounds & Graves
Monuments & Memorials
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:33
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Friday, April 2, 2021 - 16:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/415/0008-002
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Erected in 1965Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Multiple personsRecorder Name: Nkonzo Dlamini
Classifications
Monument Type
Memorial Garden
War Memorial
Obelisk
Description

In memory of all British Soldiers that died on Wagon Hill during the Siege of Ladysmith at the time of the Anglo-Boer war

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete;Stone;Granite/Marble
Pedestal Material
Stone;Stone blocks & concrete
Event Commemorated
Anglo-Boer war battle at Wagon Hill
Inscriptions
Multiple inscriptions on multple tombstones, i.e "To the memory of No.664 Rifleman A. Jones;2nd Battalion rifle brigade which was shot at Wagon Hill on Jan 8the 1900"
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/415/0008-002
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Cemetery
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.587515, 29.765278
KwaZulu-Natal
  • Uthukela
  • Alfred Duma
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Ladysmith
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:02.
Administration Description

the site contains graves as well as an associated memorial
Action Status:
Site Action:

Grading
Autoid
Grading - 247977
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220671
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

Wagon Hill' to include the 40 feet right-of-way from the Ladysmith Town lands to and including Sub-

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2543
Notice Date
Notice Number
1127
Archive Status
National monument
2543-1127 Wagon Hill Cemetery, Ladysmith, Klipriver.pdf (58.01 KB)
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