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Date: n.d. Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°18'33.89" S 26°31'39.04" E

A white marble memorial tablet mounted on the south west pier of the clock tower of the Town Hall. It commemorates the epic 1842 ride of Dick King, who covered the 960-km distance between Port Natal (now Durban) and Grahamstown on horseback in ten days, in order to request help for the besieged British garrison at Port Natal. Wording on tablet TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROIC RIDE OF DICK KING FROM PORT NATAL TO GRAHAMSTOWN, MAY 26 TO JUNE 4, 1842, WHICH LED TO THE RELIEF OF THE BRITISH GARRISON AT DURBAN. See also Wikipedia. Ten granite pylons were erected a century later to commemorate Dick King's ride. They were sited at the following points: Isipingo Beach Port Shepstone Umzimvubu River, Port St Johns Old Bunting Mission Mancam Store, Mqanduli Butterworth Komgha King William's Town Peddie Bathurst There is also a Memorial Statue in Durban. 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.