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35: 366: 422: 437: 427: 403: 290: 432: 70: 250:. The memorial was dedicated on 28 November 1904. It was vandalised in 2010 when brass fittings were broken off parts of the gun. 146: 396: 327: 240: 173: 346: 259: 389: 161:. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the 294: 150: 101: 247: 216:
and is the tomb of 27 soldiers. It features an inscription that Rhodes specifically commissioned
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to design a memorial...which commemorates those who fell during the Kimberley Siege.
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THE PRICE WE PAID FOR THE FREEDOM THAT COMES UNSOILED TO YOUR HAND
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This article about a South African building or structure is a
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THIS FOR A CHARGE TO OUR CHILDREN IN SIGN OF THE PRICE WE PAID
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Rhodes sent Baker to Greece to study ancient memorials - the
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READ REVERE AND UNCOVER FOR HERE ARE THE VICTORS LAID
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Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape
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South Africa

Siege of Kimberley
28°45′4″S 24°46′10″E / 28.75111°S 24.76944°E / -28.75111; 24.76944
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Herbert Baker
provincial heritage site
Kimberley
Northern Cape
South Africa
Siege of Kimberley
Anglo-Boer War
Government Gazette
Cecil John Rhodes
Sir Herbert Baker
Nereid Monument
Xanthus
sandstone
Matopo Hills
Zimbabwe
Rudyard Kipling
Long Cecil
George Labram
De Beers
stylobate
Free State
Boer
Long Tom
South African Heritage Resource Agency database
Encyclopædia Britannica

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