JHB/NAMM/0026 | SAHRIS

Overview

Identifiers

Alternate Site Codes

2006-SAHRA-0097/VLK3 s.37, Alternate

Inventory Number

2627BB111

Site Name

Jameson Raid Roadside Marker, Vlakfontein, Johannesburg

Site Category

Monuments & Memorials

Historical/alternative Site Name

Alternate, VLK-3

Record Administration

Author

Boitumelo.Mokgosi

Post date

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 10:23

Last modified

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:49

Monuments

Monuments & Memorials Recordings

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 14:50.

Identifiers

Inventory Reference

JHB/NAMM/0026

Primary?

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Site Recording Admin Comments

The site has been vandalized it's no longer visible on the roadPurpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Jameson Raid and SIR John Willoughby and a force of approximately 600 raiderRecorder Name: Nomfundo manana and Philile Ngobeni

Classifications

Monument Type

Commemorative Sculpture

Description

It was erected to commemorate the Jamerson Raid of 1895/96 in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent the Jameson's invasion on 2 January 1986

Contains Animal figures?

Contains Human figures?

Construction Date Comment

1913

Construction Materials

Bronze, concrete and sandstone

Pedestal Material

Sandstone and concrete

Event Commemorated

A short engagement on the 2 January 1896

Inscriptions

Historical monuments commission. Here after a short engagement, on the 2 January 1896.A force of approximately 600 raider led by Dr L Starr Jameson and SIR John Willoughby surrounderd to the burger force of the S.A republic.