Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Braamfontein Cemetery,
The entrance to the Braamfontein Cemetery is in Graf Street, Braamfontein
GPS coordinates of the cemetery: 26 deg 11 min 37.6 sec S, 28 deg 1 min 39.5 sec E
British Soldiers' Memorial
Inside the Cemetery, follow the main access road between the sections for approximately 380 metres to the Dynamite Explosion Memorial. Turn right and drive about 90 metres to the Anglo Boer War plot on the right. The Memorial to British soldiers buried in Braamfontein is prominent in the middle of the plot.
Observatory Park, Modderfontein Dynamite Factory and Zuurfontein (Kempton Park)
Inside the cemetery, follow the main access road between the sections for approximately 310 metres.
The plot is on the left, delineated by a white kerb.
Modderfontein Dynamite Factory and Zuurfontein (Kempton Park)
The Memorial is in the centre of the plot with graves along the western edge
Rietfontein 6 and Rietvlei 383
The Rietfontein and Rietvlei reburials Memorial is on a ledger stone flat on the ground on the south eastern edge of the plot close to the British Soldiers' Memorial
1899 - 1902 IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO LIE BURIED HERE AT BRAAMFONTEIN
BRAAMFONTEIN
1899 1902 IN MEMORY OF FOUR UNKNOWN DETAILS FROM INDIA WHO DIED DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ORIGINALLY BURIED AT OBSERVATORY PARK AND NOW LAID TO REST HERE
A face of the memorial is inscribed
1899 1902 IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN JOHANNESBURG AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND NOW LIE BURIED HERE AT BRAAMFONTEIN
The plinth is inscribed
MODDERFONTEIN DYNAMITE FACTO
IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO DIED AFTER THE WAR 1899-1902 AND NOW LIE BURIED HERE AT BRAAMFONTEIN
The plinth is inscribed
ZUURFONTEIN (KEMPTON PARK)
