Location
Leratong,Gauteng Province, South Africa
From the intersection of the R41and R558, (Leratong Hospital), travel south along the R558 for 3.5km to a cluster of industrial buildings (Buildit Vlakfontein).
The Jameson Raid Surrender Memorial is between R558 and the access road to Buildit.
GPS 26 deg 12 min 25.48 sec S, 27 deg 48 min 21.98 sec E
The Surrender Memorial is inscribed in Afrikaans and English:
JAMESON RAID FOLLOWING A BRIEF ENGAGEMENT ON THE 2nd JANUARY 1896, A FORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 600 RAIDERS LED BY Dr. L. STARR JAMESON AND SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY, SURRENDERED HERE TO THE BURGER FORCES OF THE S.A. REPUBLIC UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMANDANTS P.A. CRONJE, F.J. POTGIETER, H.P. MALAN AND COLONEL S.P.E. TRICHARDT OF THE STATE ARTILLERY. HISTORICAL MONUMENTS COMMISSION 1963.
Vlakfontein Memorial
The Vlakfontein Memorial is in the veld behind Buildit Vlakfontein, approximately 200 meters from the Surrender Memorial.
GPS 26 deg 12 min 30.68 sec S, 27 deg 48 min 27.17 sec E
VLAKFONTEIN IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL ON 2nd JANUARY 1896
and lists 26 names from both sides who died as a result of the Jameson Raid.
There used to be a memorial on a tree stump marking the site of the cottage from where Dr Jameson surrendered.
Traces of the memorial and the cottage have disappeared.
Reference
The Jameson Raid by David Saks