The entrance to the Braamfontein Cemetery is in Graf Street, Johannesburg.
The Memorial is in the military section on the eastern side of the cemetery, close to the Anglo-Boer War graves. GPS coordinates of the cemetery 26 deg 11 min 37.6 sec S, 28 deg 01 min 39.5 sec E
Significance
The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot to form the East Lancashire Regiment in 1881.
The 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment served in the South African War in the Orange River Colony and Transvaal from February 1900 to October 1902. Volunteer Service Companies reinforced the Regulars.
The Memorial was erected by their comrades "In Memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the 1st Battalion (XXX) and Volunteer Companies of the East Lancashire Regiment who lost their life during the South African War 1899-1902".
