Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD1088
Site Name
Anglo Boer War Memorial, Grand Parade, Cape Town
Site Category
References
Site Relationships
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 23:36
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 09:32.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Not much written on the statue itself and the are no dates unscripted on the statue
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To commemorate "the undying honor if the city who gave their lives for love of the mother land and in defense of the colony during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 this memorial is erected by the citizens of Cape Town"
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Builder
Designer
Construction Date Comment
1900
Construction Materials
Marble
Stone
Pedestal Material
Marble
Stone
Event Commemorated
Anglo Boer War and the Citizens of Cape Town.
Unveiled Comment
Unveiled in 1914.
Inscriptions
/NEVER KING HAD MORE LOYAL SUBJECTS//The undying honor if the city who gave their lives for love of the mother land and in defense of the colony during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 this memorial is erected by the citizens of Cape Town/
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.925577, 18.424952
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
Bay end Samora Machel St, Durban Central, next to BAT centre
Access details
Public Access
Media
Media
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