Roodepoort City Hall War Memorial
Photo: Derek Walker
Location
Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Corner of Bernadina and Rex Streets, Roodepoort
South west side of the parking at the Roodepoort Licensing Department
GPS 26 deg 9 min 34.65 sec S, 27 deg 51 min 55.72 sec E
Photo: Derek Walker
The inscription includes a Roll of Honour of 56 names who died in WW1.
Photo: Derek Walker
The inscription is
TO THE MEMORY OF THE ROODEPOORT MEN
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
LEST WE FORGET
Photo: Derek Walker
The Memorial was unveiled by His Worship W. C. Wearne, Mayor of Roodepoort on 11 September 1927.
This inscription includes a Roll of Honour of 48 names who died in WW2.
Photo: Derek Walker
The inscription is
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF OUR GALLANT DEAD
WHO FELL IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
WORLD WAR II. 1939-1945
GEWY IN HERINNERING
VAN ONS HELDE WAT GESNEUWEL HET
IN DIE STRYD OM VRYHEID
WÊRELDOORLOG II. 1939-1945