Uitenhage War Memorial
Also known as the Uitenhage Cenotaph
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Location
Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Off Market Street between Durban Street and Caledon Street
GPS: 33 deg 46 min 9.48 sec S, 25 deg 23 min 59.77 sec E
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Significance
The Uitenhage War Memorial was unveiled on 10 November 1923 by General JC Smuts.
It has a Roll of Honour for the Great War
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
The Great War Roll of Honour includes Major PNG Fitzpatrick, South African Heavy Artillery, the eldest son of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick.
It has plaques inscribed in English and Dutch
IN HONOURED
MEMORY
OF
BRAVE
AND
FAITHFUL MEN
OF THE
NATIVE AND
COLOURED
RACES
FROM THIS
TOWN AND
DISTRICT
WHO ALSO
GAVE
THEIR LIVES
FOR
KING
AND
COUNTRY
IN THE
GREAT WAR
TER
EERVOLLLE
GEDACHTENES
VAN DE
DAPPERE
EN
GETROUWE
MANNEN
DER
INBOORLINGE
EN
GEKLEURDE
RASSEN
UIT DEZE
STAD EN
DISTRIKT
DIE EN DEN
GROOTEN
OORLOG
VOOR
KONING
EN LAND
HUN LEVEN
GAWEN
Second World War Rolls of Honour
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
A plaque commemorates Lieutenant Norman Biden, South African Air Force, who was Killed in Action in Korea
Photo: Jon Ossher
Lieutenant Biden is also commemorated with a plaque at his old school Muir College in Uitenhage
Photo: Ronnie Lovemore
A plaque commemorates men from Uitenhage who died on Border service
Further reading
The Life and Death of Major Percy Nugent Fitzpatrick (1889-1917) by Ross Dix-Peek
Saint Andrew's College Grahamstown Great War Memorial Tower