9/2/073/0033 | SAHRIS

Overview

Identifiers

Inventory Number

3325DC61

Site Name

Horse Memorial, Cape Road, Port Elizabeth

Site Category

Monuments & Memorials

Record Administration

Author

Boitumelo.Mokgosi

Post date

Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:20

Last modified

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43

Monuments

Monuments & Memorials Recordings

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 12:20.

Identifiers

Inventory Reference

Recorders

Primary?

Off

Site Recording Admin Comments

On 6 April 2015 members of a radical political party had vandalized the Statue in a quest of removing all memory of colonialism from the British Empire.Person/Institution Commemorated: To the thousands of Horses that died during the war.

Classifications

Monument Type

Statue

Description

The purpose of the erection of the Horse Memorial is to commemorates the horses that endured the Anglo-Boer War. The Britain soldiers had brought thousands of horses to the war and this Memorial is to honour those horses that severed and died during that war.

Original Position

The Statues original position was at junction of Park drive and St George's Area.

Contains Animal figures?

Contains Human figures?

Builder

Thames Dillon Works

Designer

Joseph Whitehead

Construction Materials

Granite, Stone, steel and Bronze

Stone

Pedestal Material

Stone

Event Commemorated

South African War

Unveiled Comment

Unveiled by the Mayor of Port Elizabeth Mr Alexandria Fettes.
Date Unveiled: It was first erection in Park Drive in 11 February 1905 and was then moved to Cape Road in 1957.

Inscriptions

The Memorial commemorates the horses that had been brought to the war and died during the war of South Africa between 1899-1902.The Horse Memorial during the South Africa war ,Port Elizabeth was the main port of entry for remounts for the British forces .The townspeople were very aware of the suffering endured by thousands of horses and mules during the hostilities .Mrs Harriet Meyer began the movement for a memorial to these most patient and loyal partners of mankind and was aided by the Metropolitan drinking fountain and Cattle Through Association who also designed it .The sculptor was Joseph Whitehead and the statue was cast at Thames Ditton ,Surrey ,England .First erected in Park Drive in 1905 ,where it was in use as a drinking trough ,the memorial was moved to this site in 1957.

Structures

Built Environment Recordings

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.

Identifiers

Inventory Reference

9/2/073/0033

Primary?

Yes

Classifications

Building type

Memorial

Associated People

History of use

Location

Mapping

-33.96216, 25.608855

Eastern Cape

Nelson Mandela Bay

Land Parcel Details

Type of land parcel

Farm

Land Parcel Reference

Erf/Farm No: 3381
Cape Road
Port Elizabeth

Access details

Anyone is allowed to see from a distance as it is fenced, it's also situated on the main road of one of the busiest roads in Gqeberha so all who drive and walk past can see and enjoy the beauty of the statue. It is not as easily accessible as it is fenced so touching the Statue is then prohibited.

Gradings

Grading

Autoid

Grading - 249071

Submitted by

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.

Grading

Grade II

GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

This memorial, designed by Joseph Whitehead and cast in bronze by Thames Dillon works in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 February 1905 by the Mayor of Port Elizabeth, Mr Alexander Fettes. The monument commemorates the horses that suffered and died during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

Declarations

Declaration

DeclarationName

Declaration - 219173

Declaration Type

Provincial Heritage Site

Declaration Description

The so-called Horse Memorial, consisting of life-sized bronze figures of a horse about to quench its thirst from a bucket held by a kneeling soldier, together with the inscribed granite plinth on which it stands and the base of which incorporates a drinking trough, at present situated on a piece of land now known as Erf 3381, in the City of Port Elizabeth.

Gazette Date

15/07/1983