ETH/NAMM/0138 | SAHRIS

Overview

Identifiers

Alternate Site Codes

TSH/NAMM/0031

Inventory Number

2930DD476

Site Name

Anglo Boer and Zulu War 1899-1902 & British-Zulu War 1879 Memorial, New Germany, Pinetown.

Site Category

Monuments & Memorials

Record Administration

Author

sahrisprojectmanager

Post date

Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 13:32

Last modified

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26

Monuments

Monuments & Memorials Recordings

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 13:32.

Identifiers

Inventory Reference

ETH/NAMM/0138

Primary?

Off

Site Recording Admin Comments

On the Cemetery Site there are 2 memorials erected. Information and pictures captured include both memorials present at the site.Purpose:Date Unveiled: Memorial 1 (June 2002)Designer: Builder: The Guild of Loyal Women, Pinetown Branch and the S.A Soldiers Graves Association. (Memorial 1) & The Sons of England and the S.A War Graves Board (Memorial 2)Person/Institution Commemorated: Officers and Men who died at the Princess Christian Hospital (Memorial 1) & British Soldiers who died in Pinetown during the Zulu War 1879.Recorder Name: Sizwe Landi

Classifications

Monument Type

War Memorial

Description

Anglo Boer and Zulu War 1899-1902 (Memorial 1) & Memorial of British Soldiers (Memorial 2)

Original Position

Contains Animal figures?

Contains Human figures?

Construction Date Comment

1922 (Memorial 1) & 14 January 1962 (Memorial 2)

Construction Materials

Concrete

Pedestal Material

Concrete

Event Commemorated

Anglo Boer and Zulu War 1899-1902 (Memorial 1) and British-Zulu War 1879 (Memorial 2)

Inscriptions

"To the Glory of God and in memory of the following Officers and men who died at the Princess Christian Hospital during the Boer War 1899-1902 and are interred in this plot." (Memorial 1) & "In memory of the British Soldiers who died in Pinetown during the years of the Zulu war 1879 and are buried here." (Memorial 2)

Location

Mapping

-29.818042, 30.865431

KwaZulu-Natal