by Ian Uys
2nd Battalion
Allen F 29 Pte 18.7; Armstrong A E B Cpl 17.7; Barnes E Pte 18.7; Barrett J Pte 18.7; Bartley H W Pte 18.7; Beetlar J Pte 17.7; Bell R H Pte 19.7; Bennant P E Pte 15.7; Bennett W A L/Cpl 18.7; Bentley G J Pte 15.7; Bester J Pte 15.7; Bird T C Pte 18.7; Blunt C H L/Cpl 19.7; Brokwell E F 19 Pte 18.7; Bru-de-wold T W Sec-Lieut 15.7; Buckle C A Pte 18.7; Campbell H Pte 20.7; Carmichael C L/Cpl 15.7; Cheek G W 20 Pte 18.7; Cheeseman H R L/Cpl 14.7; Chichester T A Pte 18.7; Clack B Pte 18.7; Cleary T J Pte 18.7; Clifford H E Capt 19.7; Clift C C V Pte 16.7; Clifton W S Pte 20.7; Cohen A E Pte 17.7; Colly H D Pte 16.7; Connock J G 31 Sec-Lieut 19.7; Coombes E G Cpl 18.7; Cooper C B Cpl 15.7; Corlett J J Pte 19.7; Cowie A Pte 16.7; Cravell J J Pte 15.7; Creed H E F Capt 15.7; Dale C Pte 18.7; Dansemer W A H Pte 18.7; Davis T O Pte 17.7; Deeley H M 18 Pte 15.7; De Vos J Pte 17.7; Dewing F Pte 14.7; Dingley H O Pte 18.7; Dor W R Pte 19.7; Du Plessis J Pte 22.7; Eaton F L A Pte 18.7; Edkins V J Pte 14.7; Edwards H Pte 15.7; Edwards H Pte 18.7; Evans T J Pte 18.7; Fennell G H Sglr 15.7; Ferreira B Pte 19.7; Flack W H Pte 19.7; Flemmer W H Sec-Lieut 18.7; Foaden F Pte 18.7; Fuller S M Pte 18.7; Gately F M Pte 15.7; Gee H H A 48 Major 18.7; Geraghty C P Pte 15.7; Gillon R C S Pte 18.7; Gough B V Pte 15.7; Graham W G Pte 17.7; Gray W J Capt 15.7; Green H A Pte 18.7; Griffin T H Pte 04.8; Hager A V Pte 15.7; Haig P Pte 15.7; Hamilton J W Pte 18.7; Hammond H J Pte 18.7; Harrison W Pte 17.7; Hickman W B Pte 30.7; Hill WJ Lieut 20.7; Hollister W R Pte 16.7; Hook J S Pte 20.7; Hoptroff W F Capt 18.7; Horsley W B Pte 18.7; Huber A L Pte 20.7; Hudson E S-bearer 15.7; Hutchinson A M Pte 15.7; Husband W J M Cpl 16.7; Introna B J Pte 18.7; Irvine R McL Pte 14.7; Jackson H Pte 18.7; Jacobs A N L/Cpl 15.7; James J T Cpl 18.7; Janion F T Pte 19.7; Jenkinson C Cpl 15.7; Jones R E Pte 19.7; Kannemeyer A R Pte 18.7; Kidson C G Pte 15.7; Kirkman A J Pte 18.7; Kurz L Pte 15.7; Lake C Pte 19.7; Lansdown B H Pte 18.7; Lees R W Pte 20.7; Letchford C T K 28 Sec-Lieut 20.7; Letley A Pte 17.7; Lewis E D Pte 19.7; Little W B 21 Pte 17.7; Malin J H Pte 18.7; Malley J H St C Sgt 18.7; Mandy L M 28 Pte 17.7; Marshall R Pte 18.7; McClelland DJ Sgt 15.7; McDonald A J 19 Pte 18.7; McDonald P J Pte 18.7; McLean D R Pte 18.7; McNab H D Sgt 18.7; Mellett F G Cpl 18.7; Miles L Pte 17.7; Miller J Pte 18.7; Miller R G Sec-Lieut 20.7; Miller R F Pte 18.7; Myers M H Pte 19.7; Nelson A A Pte 17.7; Newton F Pte 16.7; Newton P Pte 16.7; O’Connor C F R Pte 18.7; O’Neill C C Pte 18.7; Openshaw H D Pte 16.6; Parker J A Pte 19.7; Patterson J R Pte 15.7; Payne A R Pte 15.7; Pearce D C L/Cpl 18.7; Phelan E W Pte 18.7; Pollock C Pte 16.7; Poole G Pte 19.7; Prebble E E (DCM) CSM 18.7; Pulford H Pte 18.7; Purvis W O 34 L/Cpl 18.7; Pusey G C Pte 18.7; Quail J W Pte 18.7; Rafter E W 30 Pte 19.7; Rainbow W T L/Cpl 14.7; Reffey FJ Pte 16.7; Reid T F J Pte 18.7; Reid W Pte 18.7; Renshaw H Pte 17.7; Restall C A 41 Sgt 15.7; Richardson C H Pte 18.7; Roberts A E Pte 18.7; Roseby P R 39 Lieut 25.7; Rozenzweig W H 21 Pte 18.7; Rosser G H Pte 23.7; Ryder R F Sgt 15.7; Scruby C R Pte 17.7; Sikimich M Pte 17.7; Sinclair W 29 L/Cpl 19.7; Slattery J M Pte 17.7; Sly A W Pte 29.7; Smith F J Cpl 18.7; Smith F W Pte 16.7; Smith J J Pte 18.7; Stevens R A Pte 25.7; Strachen D D Pte 16.7; Tarboton R H Pte 15.7; Tatham E V Sec-Lieut 18.7; Tatham R P Sec-Lieut 20.7; Tetlow U Pte 23.7; Theobald W C R 25 Pte 18.7; Thompson D J Pte 18.7; Thomson G H Sgt 15.7; Thorpe G E Pte 18.7; Tooke A F Pte 18.7; Tuckett L J Pte 18.7; Turrell H Pte 18.7; Tweedie K R Pte 18.7; van Tonder J N Pte 18.7; Wales A T Sec-Lieut 17.7; Walton F Pte 18.7; Warren H T Pte 18.7; Watkins E Pte 18.7; Webster D S Pte 15.7; Whitelaw C O L/Cpl 19.7; Wilkinson A H Sgt 14.7; Williams F H H Pte 18.7; Williams R Pte 18.7; Wilson A H Pte 18.7; Wood J B Pte 15.7; Wright W J Sgt 15.7; Wybrow L Pte 15.7; Young W C C/Sig 18.7
3rd Battalion
Adams J H Pte 16.7; Adams V I Pte 19.7; Adendorff L L Dvr 01.8; Afflick J D Pte 17.7; Alsop J Pte 18.7; Anderson R Pte 18.7; Aronson N Pte 01.8; Baird J 36 Pte 20.7; Barker A Cpl 01.8; Bartlett G Pte 01.8; Barton A R Sec-Lieut 20.7; Belshaw W Cpl 18.7; Berry W J Pte 15.7; Biggs G S Cpl 01.8; Black RJ Cpl 01.8; Braithwaite L G Pte 15.7; Brooks C H Pte 15.7; Brown H A Pte 19.7; Bryant J W Pte 16.7; Bryant P CSM 16.7; Bunn G W Pte 01.8; Burman D A Pte 18.7; Burnside J Pte 18.7; Burton R C Pte 16.7; Burton V R Pte 16.7; Butcher F C 26 Pte 20.7; Capel H G 25 Pte 19.7; Carnegie W C Pte 01.8; Clark W Pte 01.8; Cleaves R C Pte 19.7; Clifton N P Pte 01.8; Coad E A Pte 18.7; Collins A C Pte 15.7; Cook A G L/Cpl 15.7; Cook J W C Pte 20.7; Crossley L Pte 01.8; Coxford H L Sgt 20.7; Davis F Pte 18.7; Davey C H Sgt 17.7; Davidson S C Pte 19.7; Demin G Pte 01.8; Dent F Cpl 16.7; Dick C H Sec-Lieut 20.7; Dillon J Pte 01.8; Dinan H Pte 01.8; Dixon P K L/Cpl 16.7; Dondovich H G W Pte 27.7; Donnell R C Pte 18.7; Douglas R Pte 01.8; Drury L H 18 Pte 16.7; Dunn J A Pte 17.7; Dutton W H Pte 01.8; Edwards G G Pte 01.8; Elliott H 31 Pte 18.7; Elliot H G Lieut 20.7; Estill D L/Cpl 16.7; Fichat C C L/Cpl 16.7; Fivaz R Pte 01.8; Fletcher A McA Pte 18.7; Flitcroft T N Pte 16.7; Frankish N E Pte 01.8; Fraser C J Pte 01.8; Fraser D Pte 01.8; Friedenthal M D Pte 02.8; Fynn D B H 20 Pte 16.7; Glasson J Pte 15.7; Gordon W H Pte 04.8; Gove H W Sec-Lieut 21.7; Gray FH 37 Pte 21.7; Hair J F Pte 01.8; Hanks A C Sec-Lieut 15.7; Harper R C Pte 01.8; Harris A R Pte 16.7; Harris R E 26 Pte 19.7; Harwood J Pte 19.7; Hawes L W Pte 20.7; Hawthorne L Pte 15.7; Henrick W M Pte 15.7; Hester F D Sgt 01.8; Hirtzel B Pte 17.7; Hollingberry W Pte 31.7; Hood A Pte 01.8; Hookham F G Pte 01.8; Horne H J Pte 01.8; Howell C S Pte 16.7; Hunter G Pte 20.7; Husband J Pte 19.7; Indge F H Pte 16.7; Isom W A Pte 01.8; Israel G R L/Cpl 16.7; Jackson J W Capt 20.7; Jackson T E Pte 18.7; James E Pte 01.8; James J E Cpl 17.7 James P A L/Cpl 17.7; Jarrett W T Pte 27.7; Jearey A F Pte 01.8; Jennings W Pte 01.8; Johnson F J Pte 18.7; Johnson J E Pte 20.7; Johnson H Pte 01.8; Johnson W Sgt 15.7; Kane F Drmr 20.7; Kemp R F Me Pte 21.7; Keogh G H Pte 20.7; Kerswill H J Pte 01.8; Kew W O 27 Pte 30.7; Keys H Pte 01.8; Kidson E M L/Cpl 21.7; Kirby A S Pte 15.7; Lahee A E Pte 01.8; Lewis A Dvr 19.7; Lewis C M Sgt 16.7; Lloyd I 36 Pte 18.7; Loverock M 41 Pte 19.7; Lupton R Sgt 16.7; Lupton J Pte 01.8; Maade J H Pte 01.8; Maherry J J 33 Pte 20.7; Mallett A C M Pte 18.7; Marsh H C Pte 18.7; Martin W Pte 18.7; Mather W Pte 18.7; May G Pte 15.7; McAuley E 36 Pte 01.8; McBroom W Pte 01.8; McCarthy C H Pte 15.7; McClure R Sgt 16.7; McCuaig H H Pte 20.7; McCulloch J L/Cpl 01.8; McCusker I M Pte 05.8; McDonald W S A/Sgt 20.7; McLachlan D R Capt 16.7; McLachlan K A Pte 16.7; McLean E H Pte 15.7; McLeroth P D Pte 16.7; McNeil W A 41 L/Cpl 21.7; Medlin B W Pte 17.7; Mellew J Pte 15.7; Mills J A Pte 01.8; Morgan J Pte 17.7; Munro W A Sgt 15.7; Naylor R 34 Pte 18.7; Newberry C Pte 01.8; Newton E A 22 Pte 16.7; O’Connor J Pte 02.8; Owen J E Pte 18.7; Parsons D H Pte 18.7; Patrick C H Pte 18.7; Pearson W R C Cpl 20.7; Perkins J H 30 Pte 16.7; Petrie H G Pte 16.7; Pitts C R L/Cpl 20.7; Pocock J W Pte 15.7; Pollock N M Pte 16.7; Pollock T L/Cpl 17.7; Prince W R L/Cpl 01.8; Quirk A E Pte 01.8; Rautenbach W D Pte 01.8; Rayner J S Pte 16.7; Read T J L/Cpl 01.8; Readett R H Pte 20.7; Redpath Pte 15.7; Reid F V W Sgt 19.7; Reid D Pte 16.7; Reynolds B K Pte 01.8; Robb J Pte 01.8; Rodgers P Pte 16.7; Rogerson S C 25 Pte 16.7; Rowe W E Pte 16.7; Ruddle F Pte 17.7; Salmond A A Pte 01.8; Sanders D R L/Cpl 15.7; Sansbury J E Pte 01.8; Sayle R A Pte 01.8; Schofield T Pte 01.8; Shaw H Sgt 20.7; Sherwood E S CQMS 17.7; Shilton W P Pte 18.7; Siebert W H Pte 19.7 Simmonds C R L/Sgt 17.7; Singlehurst F J A 19 Pte 15.7; Smith C Pte 15.7; Smith W Dvr 01.8; Sneezum J Pte 17.7; Snowden H J Pte 17.7; Soal B Pte 18.7; Somerset F H 33 Sec-Lieut 20.7; Spencer C Pte 18.7; Spencer E W L/Cpl 21.7; Stagg F Dvr 01.8; Stericker W Sgt 16.7; Steyn J J J Pte 01.8; Stone G W Pte 01.8; Streeton P J Pte 01.8; Sturgeon N R Pte 17.7; Taljaard J J Pte 18.7; Thoday L L/Cpl 15.7; Thom J M Pte 01.8; Thomas W L Pte 13.8; Thompson J D Pte 18.7; Todd A 36 Pte 20.7; Trace R G Pte 16.7; Travill M Pte 01.8; Truscott R J Pte 17.7; Tubbs W H 27 Pte 17.7; Tucker E E Pte 18.7; Tweedie J H Pte 18.7; Van der Walt J Pte 15.7; Van Holst D S Pte 01.8; Wales WTR Pte 20.7; Walker H S L/Cpl 01.8; Walker H W Pte 01.8; Watson J Pte 18.7; Wentworth F Pte 19.7; Whatmore J H Pte 01.8; Wheatley A Pte 01.8; Willett R Pte 01.8; Wiltshire F Pte 19.7; Wood E L Cpl 18.7; Woodburn E T Pte 16.7; Wright G Pte 18.7; Wright J Pte 01.8
4th Battalion
Anderson W N Pte 20.7; Baker C L/Cpl 30.7; Banbury H A Pte 18.7; Barber E Pte 14.7; Bean O L Pte 16.7; Beeton E W
16 Pte 18.7; Bell C S Lieut 20.7; Bell F C L/Cpl 16.7; Beverley A G Pte 16.7; Binden A W Pte 16.7; Birch W G L/Cpl 19.7; Botha F Pte 16.7; Bowley E S 21 Pte 19.7; Bradfield A W Pte 15.7; Bridson W Pte 17.7; Brown A H Lieut 20.7; Brown C P 25 Pte 15.7; Brown P A Pte 19.7; Buckingham J I Pte 17.7; Burleigh J 27 Pte 15.7; Cairns J McG Pte 15.7; Cameron J RSM 15.7; Carpenter P W Pte 18.7; Carson J Pte 16.7; Cleft P H Pte 17.7; Clegg E W L/Cpl 18.7; Cline J Pte 18.7; Combrinck P R Pte 17.7; Comerford A E J Pte 18.7; Coombe A V 30 L/Cpl 16.7; Cooper W Pte 16.7; Cousins A E Pte 18.7; Cullen J Pte 15.7; Cutler A E Pte 26.7; Dall T A H Pte 18.7; Davey H L Pte 09.8; Davidson L G Pte 16.7; Davis P F 26 Pte 16.7; Dingwall T Pte 15.7; Dodd H L/Cpl 16.7; Drummond J Pte 17.7; Edwards A V E Pte 20.7; Ellie R H Pte 28.7; Evison C Pte 17.7; Ewbank J J Pte 19.7; Fenton W E Pte 19.7; Filby A Pte 16.7; Fockens A J Pte 16.7; French J Pte 16.7; Froneman N P Pte 16.7; Gaisford N Mc N Pte 16.7; Garton H W L/Cpl 17.7; Gooding J H Pte 16.7; Grant J Pte 16.7; Gray R Pte .7; Gow T P Pte .7; Greenway E W H L/Cpl 17.7; Grigg W Pte 16.7; Groenewald W A Pte 18.7; Haggis G P L/Cpl 28.7; Hammond G V Pte 16.7; Hare V Pte 16.7; Harris R F Pte 27.7; Harvey M Pte 16.7; Haynes J A Pte 19.7; Herbert F W Pte 14.7; Hewitt E J Pte 15.7; Hodge J S Pte 16.7; Horn H L/Cpl 15.7; Humphries J D N Cpl 17.7; Hunter T Cpl 16.7; Innes A D Pte 16.7; Jacobson F W 25 Pte 23.7; Johns F Pte 15.7; Johnston H J Pte 31.7; Keet B L Pte 16.7; Kensley G W Pte 16.7; Kinley J A Pte 21.7; Kirby H G L/Cpl 19.7; Kleinhans W G Pte 17.7; Knox G C L/Cpl 18.7; Lambie W V Pte 18.7; Langston T H Pte 19.7; Leddra G Pte 18.7; Lock R Pte 17.7; Logal W L/Cpl 15.7; Lombard D J Pte 16.7; MacDonald R L/Cpl 18.7; Mackie T J Pte 18.7; Mackintosh J C G Pte 16.7; Magee H Pte 17.7; Malcolm A N L/Cpl 15.7; Mathews W J Cpl 15.7; Mays J W Pte 15.7; McCabe A B Pte 15.7; McCallum C F Pte 15.7; McDonald D W Pte 19.7; McDonald M Pte 16.7; McDonald R Pte 15.7; McGregor J Pte 17.7; McHenry F Pte 17.7; McIntosh J L/Sgt 17.7; McKay A McS B Pte 16.7; McKay E D Pte 21.7; McKinnon J B Pte 15.7; McLachlan A Pte 16.7; McLean A C Pte 17.7; McNaughton A Pte 18.7; McPhee C Pte 17.7; Merrington G W Pte 15.7; Middlemass J G Pte 19.7; Miller W Pte 15.7; Morton A A Pte 16.7; Mozley C B Pte 17.7; Nedham L C Pte 18.7; Nesbitt C V Pte 18.7; Nicholson A Pte 18.7; Noble J Pte 17.7; Paul J Pte 18.7; Philip P B Pte 18.7; Pilbrow J D Pte 15.7; Pitman P Pte 01.8; Pole F E Pte 16.7; Randall W L Pte 18.7; Roberts H J Pte 17.7; Rodger J M M Pte 16.7; Ross D 35 Sec-Lieut 20.7; Ross H N Pte 16.7; Royan J Pte 19.7; Scott G L 24 Pte 18.7; Scott N Pte 17.7; Service A G Pte 19.7; Shaul N S Pte 19.7; Short A G 36 CQMS 19.7; Short R R Pte 19.7; Sinclair J Pte 18.7; Sinclair W D Pte 17.7; Skillen A Pte 15.7; Slade L S Pte 19.7; Smith E W Pte 08.8; Sneddon L H CSM 19.7; Sobey S I L/Cpl 18.7; Stephens S Pte 18.7; Stewart C Pte 18.7; Stewart D Pte 18.7; Stewart J C Pte 18.7; Swemmer P F Pte 18.7; Tait I H Pte 17.7; Tennant W H 22 Pte 16.7; Thorburn R B Lieut 20.7; Timms B C S Pte 17.7; Towers H C Pte 21.7; Tweedie W Pte 19.7; Veitch F 19 Pte 19.7; Wallace J H L/Cpl 19.7; Wallace R Pte 21.7; Wardrop J Pte 18.7; Watkins W Pte 19.7; Watt AG Pte 24.7; Webster L G Pte 15.7; Welch H Sgt 17.7; Welcott J Pte 19.7; Wensley W Pte 19.7; Williams R B Pte 20.7; Wills W C Pte 15.7; Woolcot A H Pte 18.7; Young G G Pte 16.7; Yule J L Pte 17.7
Bailey’s Sharpshooters
Hunt W G 41 L/Cpl 18.7; Laing A 32 L/Cpl 16.7; Marnoch J 31 L/Cpl 17.8; Vaughan L F 27 L/Cpl 17.8
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The following are the known graves to Delville Wood fatalities.
Flers (2) … 1st SAI (1), 2nd SAI (1) 3rd SAI (-), 4th SAI (-)
Carnoy (1) … 1st SAI (1), 2nd SAI (-) 3rd SAI (-), 4th SAI (-)
Caterpillar Valley (1) … 1st SAI (-), 2nd SAI (-) 3rd SAI (-), 4th SAI (1)
Delville Wood (81) … 1st SAI (27), 2nd SAI (15) 3rd SAI (24), 4th SAI (15)
High Wood (6) … 1st SAI (-), 2nd SAI (1) 3rd SAI (5), 4th SAI (-)
La Neuvelle, Corbie (19) … 1st SAI (9), 2nd SAI (2) 3rd SAI (6), 4th SAI (2)
Ovillers (2) … 1st SAI (-), 2nd SAI (-) 3rd SAI (1), 4th SAI (1)
Butte de Warlencourt (1) … 1st SAI (-), 2nd SAI (-) 3rd SAI (-), 4th SAI (1)
Notes
1 Pte George Edward Hale, 23, was shot in the back on 13 July 1916. He died on 16 July 1917 and is buried at the Ordnance Road Military Cemetery, Durban. As he was not in Delville Wood he is not included above or in this roll of honour.
2 All cemeteries are in the Somme area of France.
3 Details of graves are to be found in the cemetery registers compiled by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
4 The cemetery register at Delville Wood records 151 South African graves. Of these 70 are of unknown soldiers.
5 The names of all the untraced South African dead are commemorated on the Menin Gates (Ypres) and Thiepval (Somme) Memorials.
Nominal Roll of Infantry Officers at the Somme in July 1916
1st SAI Brigade
Key
1A 1st Battalion A Company
2B 2nd Battalion B Company
3D 3rd Battalion D Company
G Gassed
W Wounded
K Killed
D Died of wounds
(Name Age Rank Unit Remarks Casualties Date)
Abel D M Sec-Lieut 3A W 8
Anderson R Capt 4D S
Baker J B Lieut 3C W
Bamford Harry W M Capt 2HQ Adjutant W
Barlow Ernest 38 Capt 2B W 15
Barton Alfred Richard 34 Sec-Lieut 3D K 18
Bate Cron Ivor 34 Sec-Lieut 1C POW
Bailey Sec-Lieut MG Coy W 16
Bayley Z B Hon Lieut 4HQ QM
Bell C S 37 Sec-Lieut 4C K 18
Beverley Robert Lieut 2A W 18
Brown Arthur E Sec-Lieut 1 K 16
Brown Arthur Hugh 38 Lieut 4C K 16
Brown Williem Nimmo Lieut 1 K 6
Browne Claude Melville Capt 4HQ Adjutant W 18
Bru-de-Wold T W Sec-Lieut 2A K 15
Bryant E C Sec-Lieut 2C I
Burges Edward Travers 38 Major 1D K 18
Burgess Edwin John Lieut 1 W 18
Burton Frederick W S Sec-Lieut Bde HQ Signals
Cameron A M Lieut 4HQ M-G Officer W 18
Carding W H Hon Lieut 3 QM
Chapman H G Lieut 1 W 16
Charlton William Denham Lieut 4B
Chase Allen Centilivres 23 Lieut 4D ex Uitenhage W
Clerk E G Capt 4D
Clifford Herbert Edward Capt 2C D 10
Connock Joseph G 30 Sec-Lieut 2 K 18
Cook George Thornhill Capt 3HQ Chaplain K 11
Craig Arthur William Lieut 1B W 16
Creed Harold E F Capt 2B K 15
Dalgety E F Sec-Lieut 4
Dougherty B H L Lieut 3 W
Davies Edward Arthur Lieut 1HQ Transport
Davis F M Lieut 2D W
Dawson Frederick Stuart 42 Lieut-Col 1HQ CMG
Deane Robert L Capt MG Coy
Dent William Stanley 26 Lieut 1A W 14
Dick C H Sec-Lieut 3D K 17
Elliot Harold G Lieut 3C M 20
English Frederick S Lieut 1B
Farrell T Lieut 4 G 14
Fenix N Sec-Lieut 2 W
Flemmer W H Sec-Lieut 2C D 18
Fry J S Lieut 4 K
Furmidge P W Sec-Lieut 1 W
Gee Harry H 48 Major 2D D 18
Gove H W Sec-Lieut 3 M 21
Gowie D J W Sec-Lieut 3 S
Grady E C D Capt 4A W
Gray W J Capt 2C K
