Spion Kop Battlefield Memorials

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The Spion Kop Battlefield, graves and memorials are maintained by Heritage KZN. The battlefield was proclaimed as a heritage landmark in 1978. The site is open to the public and an overview of the battle as well as a map of the battlefield is available at the entrance gate.

Memorials

Boer memorial

A stone memorial with four faces erected by the Second Field Force Battalion in remembrance of all Boer Officers and Burghers that died on Spion Kop.

British memorial

This stone memorial has 6 faces dedicated to

Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry
2nd Battalion, The Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Major General Sir Edward Woodgate, the 17th Field Company Royal Engineers, Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Lancashire Fusiliers
Scottish Rifles
Middlesex Regiment

Imperial Light Infantry memorial

The memorial to men of the Imperial Light Infantry, a unit raised in Natal from men who had lost employment due to the outbreak of the war. The unit lost 19 killed and 105 wounded in the batle.

Other

South Lancasters memorial
Two mass graves
A number of individual graves and memorials, including that of Major General Sir Edward Woodgate, the British commander in the field.

Memorials in planning

Spionkop Lodge, located on the farmstead that Redvers Buller used as headquarters before the Battle of Spion Kop, has recently announced plans to erect a new memorial in remembrance to the Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps. It is expected that the monument will be unveiled in 2010 with the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Spion Kop.