South African Military History Society

Grahamstown Unknown Soldier Memorial


Photo: Pat Irwin

Location
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Old cemetery in Robert Street at the intersection with Anderson Street/Albany Road, Grahamstown

GPS -33 deg 18 min 22 sec S,26 deg 32 min 0 sec E


Photo: Pat Irwin

The Memorial is dedicated
 
To 
The unknown Soldier
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget


Photo: Pat Irwin

And inscribed
To the Honoured Memory 
of the
Officers, NCOs and Men
of the following Regiments
who died while serving this country
in the early wars:

6th Royal Regiment
7th Dragoon Guards
20 Light Dragoons
11th 12th 13th 31st 45th
55th 72nd 73rd 74th
75th 85th 91st 98th
Regiments of Foot
2nd 9th 10th & 24th Compys
Royal engineers
The Royal African Corps
The Cape Mounted Rifles
The Frontier Armed & Mounted Police

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