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War Memorial
Cathcart, Eastern Cape

CORDEAUX and FARROW: Architect

Date:1922
Type:Memorial
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
32°17'53.88" S 27°08'42.71" E Alt: 1163m

Transcription on First World War plaque:

UNION IS STRENGTH • EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT
THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE TOWN & DISTRICT
OF CATHCART
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918.

Transcription on Second World War plaque:

LEST WE FORGET
PRO PATRIA
ROLL OF HONOUR
OF THE MEN OF CATHCART AND DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR

All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.