Memorial Location:Miscellaneous
Anglo-Boer War Horse Memorial
Commemorating
Wars Commemorated
Anglo-Boer War
Constructed By
Constructors Address
Trade/Occupation
Physical Description
Bronze figure of a British Soldier with his horse, mounted on a granite horse watering trough. The horse stands 16 hands 2 inches high.
Date Unveiled
11th February 1905
By Whom
Mr A Fettes, Mayor of P.E.
Original Address
At the junction of
Park Drive and Rink
Street, next to St.
George's Park, Port
Elizabeth, South
Africa
Current Address
Cape Road,
Port Elizabeth,
South Africa
Who Paid For Memorial
Public Donations
Who's responsible
Port Elizabeth Town Council
Their Address
Condition of Memorial
Good
War Names Died Served
&
Returned 		Easy
to
Read
Anglo-Boer
WW1
WW2
Post WW2
Rank Included
Regt/Service
General Information
 
Most of the horses used in the ABW entered South Africa via Port
Elizabeth.
According to the "Times History of the ABW" the Remount Department of
the British Army supplied 520,000 horses and 150,000 mules of which
350,000 horses and 50,000 mules perished. The losses by the Burgher
Forces are not given but the total turnover probably exceeded
150,000.
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Horse Memorial Today
Description Notice
Original Position 1905 - 1957

Horse with Trooper