Grey High School War Memorial
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Location
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
College Drive, Mill Park, Port Elizabeth
In the Memorial Quadrangle, enquire at the Secretary Office
GPS: 33 deg 57 min 38.11 sec S, 25 deg 35 min 45.18 sec E
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Significance
The Memorial to Old Greys killed in the Great War was unveiled by Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin, KCB, CMG, DSO on 15 March 1923
The Memorial is inscribed:
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF
OLD GREYS
WHO FELL
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
The Epitaph is Mors Janua Vitae (Death is the Gate to Life)
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
The Great War Roll of Honour is a single panel
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
The Second World War Roll of Honour is on 2 panels on either side of the Great War Memorial and was unveiled by General JC Smuts on 10 March 1948:
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Plaque with the Border War Roll of Honour
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Panels on the inside of the de Waal Hall list Old Greys who served in the
Great War 1914-1919 and the units in which they served.
Panel inside of the de Waal Hall
Photo: Liam van der Westhuizen
Further reading
Grey High (PE) Boys Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice by Dylan Fourie
Private C.H. Gronau, 5th Mounted Rifles
Private C.C. Sissing, 2nd Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance