| Cornwall Hill | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -25.8761°N 28.2394°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Tshwane |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Centurion |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1998 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.30 |
| Population Total: | 628 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 30.10% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.96% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.43% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 67.52% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 44.75% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 40.13% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 3.03% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 2.39% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 9.7% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 0157 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 0178 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Cornwall Hill is a small suburb south of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, It borders the suburb of Irene. Cornwall Hill takes its name from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry brigade that was stationed here during the Anglo-Boer war.
During the Anglo-Boer War, at the time of the British occupation of Pretoria, over a thousand Mounted Infantry, two companies of the 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and 350 Northumberland Fusiliers guarded the section of railway line at Irene. Cornwall Hill takes its name from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry brigade. These Cornish men, camped on the western slopes of the highest hill in the vicinity of the Irene Station, built a rough stone fort to protect the railway line linking Johannesburg to Pretoria, and thus the hill became known as Cornwall Hill.
See main article: Military history of South Africa during World War II. A memorial was erected on Cornwall Hill to fallen members of the South African Air Force of the Union Defence Force who died during the Second World War. It consists of an obelisk with a bronze eagle on top.The memorial contains the following inscriptions: