Boksburg and District War Memorial
Photo: Derek Walker
Location
Boksburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
In Market Street, in the grounds of the old Town Hall and in front of the Boksburg Municipality Customer Care Centre
GPS 26 deg 13 min 21.8 sec S, 28 deg 15 min 3.9 sec E
Photo: Derek Walker
The inscription is
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE
MEN OF BOKSBURG AND DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
1914-1918
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
This inscription was repeated on another face in Afrikaans
Photo: Derek Walker
The Memorial has plaques with names from both World Wars
Photo: Derek Walker
The 2 field guns which were part of the Memorial have been moved to the Springs Military and Mine Museum
Photo: Tony da Cruz
The Memorial as at 8 April 2026
Photo: Heinrich Booysen