Photo: Pat Irwin

Location
Situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
The Memorial is in the Pearson Street United Congregational Church on the corner of Pearson and Rose Street in Central, Port Elizabeth

GPS 33 deg 57 min 47.9 sec S, 25 deg 37 min 02.2 sec E

Significance
Lt Col Fordyce was killed in action on 6 November 1851 in the Waterkloof in the Fort Beaufort District during the 8th Frontier War.
He was the senior British Officer to be killed during the Frontier Wars.

Photo: Anne Irwin

IN MEMORY OF 
LIEUT COL JOHN FORDYCE
OF THE LXXIV HIGHLANDERS
AND OF THOSE BRAVE MEN 
WHO FELL WITH HIM IN THE 
ACTION OF WATERKLOOF 
ON THE MEMORABLE 6 NOV 1851

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED 
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT 
AND ADMIRATION BY INHABITANTS 
OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES OF THE 
COLONY OF THE CAPE OF
GOOD HOPE

The Memorial was unveiled in August 1854 and paid by public subscription.

Further reading
South African Military History Journal Vol 13 No 4, Dec 2005