A bronze goddess of victory stands atop an eight-metre pillar

Upon a pillar of sandstone reaching eight metres into the sky stands a goddess of bronze. She is the winged victory figure of the Cenotaph. In her hand she lifts a laurel wreath, while beneath her feet a serpent coils around a globe, crushed by her weight.

Designed by sculptor Vernon March and unveiled in 1924, this memorial commemorates soldiers who died in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Two bronze soldiers stand on flanking columns to mark the memory of those who fought in the East African Campaign and those who fought on the Western Front.

At the base, four bronze plaques depict various battle scenes, including a trench scene of the Battle of Delville Wood, an artillery scene, an aircraft scene and a hospital scene. The inscriptions on the memorial are written in English and Afrikaans.

Though it remains a public memorial, the monument has been relocated twice. It was moved in 1959 and again in 2013 to make way for transport infrastructure. It rests now on the Heerengracht Street median on the city's main boulevard. Every year, the city gathers here to wear red remembrance poppies and observe two minutes of silence.

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