Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2829DB54
    Site Name
    Platrand Burgher Monument, Ladysmith, Klipriver District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    Dilshaat.Davids
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Recorders
    Primary?
    Off
    Classifications
    Description

    In memory of the Jewish soldiers that died in the Anglo-Boer War during the Siege of Ladysmith

    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Stone
    Marble
    Pedestal Material
    Concrete
    Granite
    Event Commemorated
    Anglo-Boer War; Battle at Wagon Hill .
    Unveiled Comment
    Amafa AkwaZulu Natali & Ladysmith Siege Trust in 2012.
    Inscriptions
    /Anglo Boer War/impi yamaNisi namaBhunu/ Ler naedagtenis aan die Burgers wat gesneuwel het tydens die geveg op Cayingubo/ In memory of the Burghers killed in action on Cayingubo;Killed in action Greyling H Heilbron;Minnaar WB Heilbron;Uys MJ Heilbron; Died of wounds Steenkamp TIJ 30/10/99 Heilbron/Erected by Amala AkwaZulu Natali and Ladysmith Siege Trust 2012/
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.587131, 29.772713
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Uthukela
      • Alfred Duma
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Ladysmith
      Access details
      Public access. However route closed between 5:00pm-08:00am.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Wagon Hill' to include the 40 feet right-of-way from the Ladysmith Town lands to and including Sub-

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2543
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1127
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
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