Memorials and Monuments in South Africa.
It was never my original intention to create this page, but as I photographed for the South Africa War Graves Project I suddenly discovered that I was taking lots of photographs in cemeteries and of memorials during my travels. I have more or less completed my photography for the South African War Graves Project, and it has been a very satisfying project, but it can never end, as more memorials and graves still have to be found. My quest to photograph cemeteries became a sideline, and very interesting one too. I did discover that there is very little information about most of these memorials and cemeteries, many aren’t even on the map, but they are a part of our history whether we like it or not and as such worthwhile recording.
Extinct Memorials and Monuments are those that have either been vandalised and never repaired, or the plaque which shows the context has gone missing and has never been replaced, or the context itself is no longer relevant.
As usual some pics open in a new window. Special thanks must go to all my contributors, especially Terry Cawood, Ronnie Lovemore, Alta Griffiths, Peter Moss, Ken and Eleanor Garvie, Mark Green, Kevin Brazier, Tony Wood, Mrs Bee, and James Houston-McMillan.
- 202 Battalion Memorial and ROH
- 32 Battalion Tree of Honour (Voortrekker Monument)
- 32 Battalion Roll of Honour (Voortrekker Monument)
- 61 Mech Memorial (SA Museum of Military History, JHB)
- Anglo Boer War Blockhouses (South Africa)
- Anglo Boer War Monument (SA Museum of Military History, JHB)
- Anzac Rand Revolt Memorial (Brakpan)
- Bethulie Concentration Camp Memorial (Free State)
- Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial (Kensington, Johannesburg)
- Bleskop War Memorial
- Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion Memorial (Braamfontein Cem)
- Brakpan “Garden of Remembrance”
- Cosy Corner Wall of Remembrance (Brakpan)
- De la Rey Plaque, Langlaagte Station
- Delville Wood Memorial (Pretoria)
- St John’s College Delville Wood Cross
- St John’s College, Houghton. Roll of Honour
- Durban Cenotaph
- Durban High School War Memorial
- Germiston and Districts War Memorial
- The “Gloria Victis” Memorial, Potchefstroom
- Grey High School War Memorial (Port Elizabeth)
- Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum (Soweto)
- Hennenman Air Crash Memorials in South Africa
- HMSAS Parktown Memorial (Johannesburg)
- Holocaust Memorial (Johannesburg)
- Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth
- Indian Army Memorial (Johannesburg)
- Jameson Raid Surrender Memorial (Doornkop, Johannesburg)
- Jameson Raid Vlakfontein Monument (Doornkop, Johannesburg)
- Jameson Raid Stump Monument (Doornkop, Johannesburg)
- Jameson Raid Graves (REGM Military Cemetery, Randfontein)
- Jameson Raid Graves and Memorial (Krugersdorp)
- Jeppe High School War Memorial (Johannesburg)
- Johannesburg Cenotaph
- June 16 Student Uprising Memorial (Soweto)
- Katyn Forest Memorial (Melrose, Johannesburg)
- King Edward School War Memorial (Johannesburg)
- Kingston Frost Memorial (Brixton, Johannesburg)
- Koevoet Memorial (VTM, Pretoria)
- MOTH Memorial in Johannesburg
- Lady in White (Durban)
- Maraisburg War Memorial (Maraisburg, Florida)
- Mendi Memorial at Atteridgeville (Pretoria)
- Mendi Memorial at Avalon Cemetery (Soweto)
- Mendi Memorial at Hollybrook Cemetery (Southampton UK)
- Mendi Memorial at New Brighton (Port Elizabeth)
- HMT Mendi Roll of Honour
- Olympia Park War Memorial in Springs
- OSV Voortrekker Memorial (Mossel Bay)
- Oud Stryders Monument (Cottesloe, Johannesburg)
- Pax Memorial (Walmer Port Elizabeth)
- Port Elizabeth Cenotaph (Port Elizabeth)
- Police Memorial (Pretoria)
- Rotunda Park War Memorial (Turffontein)
- SADF Memorial: Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria
- SADF Wall of Remembrance, Voortrekker Monument
- Scottish Horse Memorial (Caledonia Hill, Kensington)
- South African Air Force Memorial. (Bays Hill, Pretoria)
- South African Heavy Artillery Memorial; Durban
- South African Heavy Artillery Memorial: Johannesburg
- South African Heavy Artillery Memorial: Kimberley
- South African Heavy Artillery Memorial: Port Elizabeth
- South African Heavy Artillery Memorial: Pretoria
- South African Heavy Artillery Roll of Honour
- South African Roll of Honour (Union Buildings)
- South African Scottish Memorial: Parktown
- South African Scottish Memorial: Pretoria
- South African Scottish Memorial: Brixton Cemetery
- SOE Memorial (Patterson Park, Johannesburg)
- Springs war memorial
- Uitenhage Cenotaph
- Uitenhage and Districts Boer War Memorial
- Voortrekker Monument in Emma Park (Linden)
- Voortrekker Monument in Newlands
- Westdene Bus Disaster Memorial (Westdene, Johannesburg)
- Zulu Memorial at Rorke’s Drift (Natal)
DRW © 2015-2021. Updated with listing from AAS 19/06/2018, updated 20/12/2020