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Date: 1923 Type: Monument Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°10'49.70" S 28°02'43.46" E Alt: 1782m

Unveiled 1923 (Building Mar 1921:437) This memorial was originally erected in memory of the SA Scottish Regiment who died in World War I. The original inscription reads: PRO PATRIA IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCOTTISH REGIMENT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. YE HONOURED MIGHTY DEAD WHO NOBLY PERISHED IN THE GLORIOUS CAUSE. In 1952 the Transvaal Scottish Regimental Council approved the addition of a second inscription. ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO WORLD WARS OF 1914 - 1918 AND 1940 – 1945. Following demographic changes in the City of Johannesburg, and particularly in the Joubert Park area, the memorial (then sited in King Georges Street) was surrounded by an informal taxi rank, grime and litter. In 1986 the Transvaal Scottish Regimental Council mooted the idea of moving the memorial to a more suitable location. Discussions were entered into with the City Council and by 1988 the Council had agreed in principle to this proposal. In the early 1990s, the City Council finally accepted responsibility for the memorial's removal. A portion of the road reserve directly to the north of the Transvaal Scottish HQ "The View" in Parktown, was acquired and the memorial was duly relocated. Details of the stone mason, sculptor and architect who were responsible for the memorial transcribed from the inscription on the granite base: P LEY & Co. MONUMENTALISTS, PRETORIA. ARTHUR TAYLOR SCULPTOR. ABERDEEN. WM. TAIT CONNOR A.R.I.B.A. A.I.ARCHTS. (SCOT) ARCHITECT. [William MARTINSON, June 2010.] See also The Heritage Portal.