Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2528CA128
Site Name
Delville Wood Memorial, Union Buildings, Pretoria
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 20:18
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 18:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
This memorial commemorates 3400 South African Soldiers who died in the Battle of Delville Wood (1916) during World War 1
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Construction Date Comment
1929
Construction Materials
Bronze
Pedestal Material
concrete
Event Commemorated
3 400 South African soldiers who died in the battle of Delville Wood First World War 1914 - 1918
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Percy Fitzpatrick
Inscriptions
North: 1939-1945, 1914-1918 Their ideal is our legacy Their sacrifice our inspiration Vir ons is hul ideaal 'n erfenis hul officer 'n bestelling. Their name liveth forever more
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.74131, 28.211687
Gauteng
- City of Tshwane
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 357
Pretoria
Pretoria
Owner(s)
Directions to Site
Along Main Road in Queensburgh, travel until you reach Durban Metropolitan Police Service (Inner West Regional Command). Just outside the Durban Metro Police building, at the corner will be the George North Old Millstone.
Access details
controlled access
Management
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:07.
Administration Description
Forms part of the Union Buildings National Heritage Site
Action Status: Accepted
Site Action: Grading
Media
Media
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