Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Artillery Memorial, Cape Town was erected in memory of the gunners who fought for South Africa during WWI. The memorial, which forms part of the Delville Wood Memorial, is located in the Company's Garden, Cape Town, and was strategically established to commemorate South Africa's artillery soldiers who fell in battle. Of those who volunteered to fight during the war, 5800 were white South African, amongst whom 15% were Dutch and 85% English. An estimated 2536 of these men were killed in the Deville Wood battle in Europe. The Artillery Memorial, an authentic cannon facing east towards the National Gallery, proudly honors South Africa's heavy artillerymen. Inscribed on it are the names of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the South African artillery who fell in the Great War (1914-1918).The memorial is classified as a public monument and as such is subject to protection in terms of heritage legislation legislation administered by Heritage Western Cape the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province."@en }
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- Artillery_Memorial,_Cape_Town abstract "Artillery Memorial, Cape Town was erected in memory of the gunners who fought for South Africa during WWI. The memorial, which forms part of the Delville Wood Memorial, is located in the Company's Garden, Cape Town, and was strategically established to commemorate South Africa's artillery soldiers who fell in battle. Of those who volunteered to fight during the war, 5800 were white South African, amongst whom 15% were Dutch and 85% English. An estimated 2536 of these men were killed in the Deville Wood battle in Europe. The Artillery Memorial, an authentic cannon facing east towards the National Gallery, proudly honors South Africa's heavy artillerymen. Inscribed on it are the names of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the South African artillery who fell in the Great War (1914-1918).The memorial is classified as a public monument and as such is subject to protection in terms of heritage legislation legislation administered by Heritage Western Cape the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province.".