South African Military History Society

South African Heavy Artillery Memorial
(125th (Transvaal) Siege Battery)


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
In the south west part of the Union Buildings grounds at the intersection of Madiba and Zeederberg Streets

GPS 25 deg 44 min 37.3 sec S, 28 deg 12 min 31.16 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker

Significance
This Memorial is one of 6 commemorating the men from the South African Heavy Artillery.


Photo: Derek Walker


Photo: Derek Walker

The inscription reads: 
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF ALL RANKS
OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEAVY ARTILLERY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918.

THEIR LIVES THEY GAVE 
FOR THEIR COUNTRY: FOR 
THEMSELVES THEY WON HONOUR 
THAT SHALL NOT 
FADE. THEIRS IS THE MOST 
SPLENDID MONUMENT NOT WHERE THEY LIE BURIED, BUT 
IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO 
RECALLING WHAT THEY DID 
KEEP THEIR GLORY UNFORGOTTEN


Photo: Derek Walker

The gun is a 6 inch 26 cwt howitzer, which were in service during both World Wars.


Photo: Derek Walker

References
Kwazulu-Natal branch newsletter no.302
The Life and Death of Major Percy Nugent Fitzpatrick,South African heavy Artillery(1889-1917)
Eastern Cape branch Newsletter 134

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