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Date: c1925 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°44'28.93" S 28°12'42.11" E Alt: 1389m

(SAAR May 1965:147) (UWA: P10), 1950 About halfway up the terraces of the Union Buildings, the Delville Wood War Memorial is a tribute to South African troops who died during the First World War as well as a plaque in memory of those that died during the Korean War. This is a replica of the Delville Wood South African National Memorial designed by Sir Herbert BAKER, with sculpture by Alfred Turner, in Delville Wood, France. It stands in the grounds of the Union Buildings. There is another replica in Cape Town. (Wikipedia) Transcript of the wording: THIS BRONZE GROUP IS A REPLICA OF THAT WHICH SURMOUNTS THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL ERECTED IN DELVILLE WOOD, FRANCE TO THE MEMORY OF SOUTH AFRICANS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR •1914• •1918• 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.