South African Military History Society

Saint John The Divine Church, Belgravia War Memorials


Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Corner of Scott and Fawcus Streets, Belgravia,
The Church has been deconsecrated and is not accessible to the public
GPS: 26 deg 12 min 16.15 sec S, 28 deg 04 min 46.08 sec E


Photo: Derek Walker

Significance
St John's Church served the parish of Belgravia from 1904 until before 2023 when it was deconsecrated.
It is not known what has happened to the War Memorials.

The Great War Memorial is inscribed:


Photo: Derek Walker

AUG 4th 1914  NOV 11th 1918
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE MEMBERS OF
THE CONGREGATION
OF
St JOHN'S CHURCH BELGRAVIA
WHO FELL IN THE WAR

LEONARD GEORGE DENNY
CYRUS EMERY
ALBERT ALAN GARNETT
SAMUEL GEORGE GIBSON
LEONARD VIVIAN HAAK
EDWIN ROBERT HANN
DUNCAN McINTOSH JOEL
REUBEN FRANCIS McCOY KEMP
JAMES HUMPHREY ALLEN PAYNE
LANCE RITCHIE
FREDERICK WILLIAM SALISBURY
DOUGLAS ARTHUR SNASHALL
CHARLES O'HARA STANHOPE
JAMES GILBERT MITCHELL
R.I.P


Photo: Derek Walker

The Second World War plaque is inscribed:

9 SEPT                   JUNE
1939.                     1945

IN PROUD THANKSGIVING              WHO LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES
AND IN MEMORY OF                        UNTO THE DEATH

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
R.I.P.
RICHARD BAUGH                    ALAN S. DASHWOOD
BERNARD M.S. HAMILTON      VIVIAN JOHN HAY
GEORGE W. LANE                   FREDERICK von LINSINGEN
STANLEY SMITH                       WILLIAM A. KESSELL
RICHARD RODERICK               JOHN R.F. WOLMARANS
JEREMIAH L.R.H. BRENT          CORNELIUS J. ENGELBRECHT
HERBERT PRESTON                 ROBERT S. THOMPSON
ST. JOHN'S ROLL OF HONOUR

Alan Dashwood and Frederick von Linsingen are commemorated on the gate posts of nearby Jeppe High School for Boys

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