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Brixton Cemetery
Vrededorp, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Date:1910
Type:Cemetery
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
26°11'46.88" S 28°00'35.96" E Alt: 1752m

Brixton Cemetery holds many war graves from throughout South Africa’s history. There is monument near the main entrance which commemorates the South Africans who died in the First World War. There is a second First World War monument in Main Drive, erected in memory of the South African Scottish Regiment. (Joburg City Parks and Zoo, accessed 2024 01 05)

See also Nostalgia and remembrance in the Brixton Cemetery by Kathy Munro, July 14, 2017 on The Heritage Portal.