South African Military History Society

Queen's Bays Leeuwkop 1 April 1902 Memorial


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Germiston, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Primrose Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Primrose
GPS: 26 deg 11 min 44.78 sec S, 28 deg 8 min 45.83 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker

The Queen's Bays sustained casualties when attacked by Boer Commandos at Leeuwkop east of Springs on 1 April 1902.

The Memorial is inscribed

ERECTED BY THE QUEEN'S BAYS IN MEMORY OF THEIR
COMRADES WHO FELL IN ACTION ON THE 1st APRIL 1902
Memorials in the vicinity
ABW Memorial (Baakenlaagte, Bethal, Boksburg, Boschmanskop, Devon, Leslie, Nooitgedacht, Oshoek and Springs)
Kings Royal Rifles Mounted Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
84 Battery Royal Field Artillery Memorial
Knights Deep War Memorial
2nd Bn, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Bakenlaagte Memorial
Scottish Horse Bakenlaagte 30 Oct 1901 Memorials
Primrose Township Great War Memorial

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