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St George's Garrison Anglican Church, Fort Napier, Devonshire Road, Pietermaritzburg

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: This little military church is situated at Fort Napier on the hill to the west of Pietermaritzburg.
The garrison at Fort Napier had no church of their own for fifty years and had to attend services either in the open air at the fort or in the old Drill Hall Church in Loop Street. Eventually the British Ministry of War realised the need of the troops to have their own church. It made a site available at the fort and offered to con tribute R2 000 provided that the Bishop of Natal would undertake to collect more funds and build the church for the British troops.
The foundation-stone was laid in 1897 and the church was built as a memorial to the British troops based on Pietermaritzburg who lost their lives in the Transvaal War of Independence of 1880-1881 and in campaigns against the Zulus and Matabele. The first service to be held in it took place on 9th October, 1898. During the Anglo-Boer War, from January to October, 1900, the church was used as a military hospital; according to a bronze plaque at the entrance, 427 soldiers were nursed in it. When the Imperial forces were withdrawn from South Africa in 1914, it became the property of the Bishop of the diocese and was put to civilian use.
The church is a simple little building but the memorial windows, commemorative tablets and fine reredoses inside it are redolent of military history and create an atmosphere of devotion and piety.
Bronze Plaque 1947"
Visual Description: Red brick building built in the Gothic style with mouldings in the brickwork. Has a front and rear f
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Site Features: Pointed windows
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Materials: brick :
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Directions:
Head up Loop St (oneway) turn left in Edendale Rd at T and first right under railway into Devnoshire
 
 

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