South African Military History Society

Johannesburg Cenotaph


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
In the CBD Beyers Naude Square between the former City Hall and Johannesburg Public Library in the block bounded by Simmonds, Harrison, Helen Joseph and Albertina Sisulu Streets

GPS 26 deg 12 min 16.29 sec S, 28 deg 2 min 24.33 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker

Significance
The Cenotaph has been the focus of Commemoration in Johannesburg since it was unveiled by the Earl of Athlone on 10 October 1926


Photo: Derek Walker

Inscriptions on the Cenotaph are
ERECTED TO 
THE MEMORY OF 
THE MEN OF 
JOHANNESBURG 
WHO LAID DOWN 
THEIR LIVES IN 
THE GREAT WAR 
1914 - 1919


Photo: Derek Walker 

THEIR NAMES ARE ENSHRINED 
WITHIN THIS MEMORIAL AND 
ARE INSCRIBED IN ALL SOULS 
CHAPEL ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL 
JOHANNESBURG 
1914-1919


Photo: Derek Walker 

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
 1939-1945


Photo: Derek Walker 

THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG HONOURS 
ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 
IN ALL WARS, BATTLES, AND ARMED STRUGGLES 
FOR FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND PEACE 
IN SOUTH AFRICA
                                                          10 NOVEMBER 2002
South African Military History Society / scribe@samilitaryhistory.org