Overview
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Alternate Site Codes
DC22/NAMM/0023
DC22/NAMM/0028
Inventory Number
3318CD1081
Site Name
Artillerymen's Memorial, Company Gardens, Cape Town
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 22:47
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
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Submitted by nancy.cloete on Monday, May 10, 2021 - 07:42.
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The memorial honors the great number of soldiers of the South African Heavy Artillery who lost their lives in World War One;It forms part of the Delville Wood Memorial Complex in the Company’s Gardens and is one of six World War One memorials in the central city;Situated within the memorial garden designed by prominent architects Herbert Baker, Kendall and Cleland at the time of the building of the National Gallery;Conception as a World War One memorial further dedicated to the memory of all artillerymen who laid down their lives for the country.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Unknown
Construction Materials
Bronze
Pedestal Material
Granite
Event Commemorated
Memorial to the soldiers who died for their country
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Date Unknown
Inscriptions
Inscriptions in English & Afrikaans, and roll of honour with names of the dead.
/Erected to the memory of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the SA Artillery who fell in the Great War 1914-1918/ /This memorial was further dedicated on the 26th April 1970 by the S.A.H.A. Association and the Gunners Association, Western Province Branch, to the memory of all artillery men who laid down their lives for their country/ Above the roll of Honour: /”Their name liveth for evermore” Hunne namen leven voor eeuwig”/
Roll of Honour with the names of the dead
/Erected to the memory of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the SA Artillery who fell in the Great War 1914-1918/ /This memorial was further dedicated on the 26th April 1970 by the S.A.H.A. Association and the Gunners Association, Western Province Branch, to the memory of all artillery men who laid down their lives for their country/ Above the roll of Honour: /”Their name liveth for evermore” Hunne namen leven voor eeuwig”/
Roll of Honour with the names of the dead
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.928296, 18.416265
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Central
Cape Town
Cape Town
Directions to Site
Simmonds street, Helen Joseph street, Albetina Sisulu Road, President street, Market street.
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Open access.
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