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Date: 1936 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°01'28.18" S 27°54'41.86" E

Wording on bronze plaque: ON THIS SPOT THE BRITISH FLAG WAS FIRST HOISTED BY LIEUT. JOHN BAILIE.R.N., NOVEMBER, 1836. "Another public memorial to an individual settler is that unveiled on Signal Hill, East London, on the 19th November, 1936, in memory of Lieutenant John Bailie, R.N., recalling that on that spot one hundred years earlier he had hoisted a flag—the first step in the establishment of a harbour at the mouth of the Buffalo River and the foundation of the Fighting Port which was to play such a prominent part in the subsequent development of Kaffraria." (Hockly, 1947:239) References: Hatfield, Denis. 1967. Some South African Monuments. Cape Town: Purnell. pg 67-69 Hockly, Harold Edward. 1947. The Story of The British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa. Cape Town and Johannesburg: Juta & Co. Ltd. pg 239 Watson, Jeremy. 1989. The Urban Trail : a walk through the urban heritage of East London Central Business District and Older Suburbs. East London: Heritage Committee ISAA and B-KIA. pg 66