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Hidden Histories: South Africa's overlooked military monuments
Discover South Africa's hidden military heritage through overlooked war memorials, cemeteries and graves that deepen our understanding of history. Exploring the untold stories of soldiers, nurses and civilians contributes to our shared heritage.
These pages gather records of lesser-known South African military history sites to support conservation efforts, encourage visits and inspire new research into the people and events they represent.
This collection will grow over time. If you know of a South African military history monument, cemetery or grave that should be included, we welcome your contribution. Please contact the Society.
- Memorials
- Albany Anglo-Boer War Memorial
- All Saints Anglican Church, Woodstock War Memorial
- Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg War Memorial
- Boksburg and District War Cenotaph
- Brakpan War Memorial
- Brakpan Mine Rand Revolt 10 March 1922 Memorial
- Cathedral of St Michael and St George War Memorial
- Battle of Centane Monument and Fort Upcher
- Doornkop 29 May 1900 Memorial 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders
- East London Railway Station War Memorial
- Ferreira Deep Ltd War Memorial, Johannesburg
- Lieutenant Colonel John Fordyce of the 74th Highlanders
- Germiston and District Cenotaph
- Grahamstown Unknown Soldier Memorial
- The Battle of Gruisfontein 5 February 1902
- Heavy Artillery Memorial (71st (Transvaal) Siege Battery)
- Heavy Artillery Memorial (125th (Transvaal) Siege Battery)
- Heilbron ABW Memorial
- Hermanus War Memorial
- HMSAS Parktown Memorial
- The Battle of Holkrans 6 May 1902
- Jameson Raid Surrender Memorials
- Johannesburg Cenotaph
- Katyn Forest and Warsaw Uprising Memorial
- King Edward VII School War Memorial
- Kingston Frost War Memorial
- Krugersdorp and District War Memorial
- 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Memorial 1899-1902
- Maraisburg War Memorial
- MOTH Dardanelles Shellhole War Memorial
- Mankazana Post Memorial
- Martyrs Monument Johannesburg
- Battle of Naauwpoort 1865
- Pax Memorial, Walmer, Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabeth Main Public Library War Memorial
- Pretoria Boys High School War Memorials
- Randfontein War Memorial
- Roodepoort City Hall War Memorial
- Saint John the Baptist Church Memorial Hall,Port Elizabeth
- Scottish Horse Memorial
- South African Scottish Memorial Johannesburg
- South African Scottish Memorial, Pretoria
- Sons of England (SOE) Memorial, Paterson Park
- Southern Suburbs War Memorial, Johannesburg
- Saint Andrew's College Grahamstown
- St Mungo's Church Christmas Day Massacres Memorial
- Surgeon Captain Martin-Leake VC and bar, and Cmdt Gert Claassen
- Swakopmund - South African WW1 Memorial
- The Whisky train
(Note:- Memorials versus Cenotaph
Any free standing war memorial - post the cenotaph designed by Lutyens at Whitehall in London - that followed the principles he set up should rightly be called a cenotaph)
- Cemeteries
- Anglo-Boer War British Cemetery, Bethlehem
- Bronkhorstspruit Cemetery Dec 1880
- Burgershoop Cemetery - Jameson Raid Memorial and Graves
- Fort Brown Military Cemetery
- Fort Hare Military Cemetery
- Fort Willshire Military Cemeteries
- Grahamstown Botanical Gardens Cemetery
- Newclare Cemetery,Johannesburg
- Palmietkuil South War Cemetery and Memorial
- Randfontein Estates Gold Mine Jameson Raid Cemetery
- West Park Cemetery Johannesburg
- Graves
- Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor VC, DSO, MC and Bar, DFC
- Colonel Sir George Farrar, DSO
- Private C. H. Gronau - 5th Mounted Rifles
- Captain H. Halse - South African Police
- General Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger
- Constable James Kobe Madlaila
- Lieutenant Colonel Allister Miller, DSO, OBE
- Head Constable J. Milne - South African Police
- Major Charles Herbert Mullins VC, CMG
- Xhosa prophet Nongqause
- Rand Revolt graves in Brixton Cemetery - Transvaal Scottish
- Captain Oswald Austin Reid, VC
- Corporal J. Taylor and Trooper J.W. Coates
- Lance Corporal Pieter James van der Westhuizen
- Lieutenant William Watson - Somerset East District Mounted Troops
- Private R.L. Winslow and Private W.L. Winslow
- Captain David Reginald Younger VC
- Miscellany
- 15-pdr BLC Mk IV Field Guns modified for anti-aircraft use
- Fort Harlech, Krugersdorp
- Witkop Blockhouse
- Sources for further information
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission | CWGC
- eGGSA Graves in South Africa
- Find a Grave
- South African War Graves Project