Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
ETH/NAMM/0089
Inventory Number
3126DD15
Site Name
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Hexagon, Queenstown
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 22:12
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 15:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:
Classifications
Description
To commemorate corps and volunteers killed in South Africa in 1809-1902.
Original Position
Monument has never been moved.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Marble
Pedestal Material
Marble
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Commemoration of lives lost in Cape Colony wars.
Inscriptions
To the memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of this district serving with the Queenstown rifle volunteers and other corps who were killed in action and died of wounds or disease whilst serving with the imperial and colonial forces in the Transvaal Orange River Colony during the campaign in South Africa 1899-1902. This Memorial has been erected by their comrades in arms assisted by the public of Queenstown. Refer to the images.
Location
Location
Mapping
-31.896177, 26.870855
Eastern Cape
- Chris Hani
- Enoch Mgijima
Directions to Site
Along KE Masinga Road in Durban, travel until you reach Kingsmead Way Road. Turn into Kingsmead Way and on your left will be Kingsmead Stadium.
Media
Media
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