Horse Memorial

Gqeberha, South Africa · built 1905

The Horse Memorial (Afrikaans: Perdstandbeeld) is a provincial heritage site in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in memory of the horses that served and died during the Second Boer War, where Britain brought a large number of horses to South Africa. Designed by Joseph Whitehead, the life-sized bronze memorial features a kneeling soldier presenting a bucket of water to a service horse.

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