Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2525DC20
Site Name
Molema cemetery, Mafikeng Industrial, Mahikeng
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 15:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 15:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Its war memorials but of individual soldiers that are scattered around the yard of the cemetry. There is no one monument with all their names placed on it.Purpose:Date Unveiled: UnknownDesigner: UnknownBuilder: UnknownPerson/Institution Commemorated: Individual soldiersRecorder Name: Buntu and Mpontseng
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To commemorate the soldiers that died during the mahikeng siege in the 1900.
Original Position
It may have been moved as one of the tombs states that the soldier died at canon Kopje which is situated else where
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Unknown
Construction Materials
Marble
Pedestal Material
Concrete and cement
Event Commemorated
The mahikeng siege
Unveiled Comment
Unknown
Inscriptions
In loving memory of Thomas S Wilfrid Lloyd Gates a sergeant(volunteer) in Crewe's Scouts attached to E Squadron Rhodesia regiment registrar of deeds bulawayo born at Beaufort west Cape colony 8th Noveber 1878 killed in action at the relief of mahikeng 16th May 1900 in his 30th year.
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.857748, 25.636661
North West
- Ngaka Modiri Molema
- Mafikeng
Directions to Site
Its next to the fountain hotel
Access details
Accessible to the public no payment required
Media
Media
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