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Cape Town [2]

Grahamstown [2]

Leeds [2]

Liverpool [2]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Appleby, Westmorland [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Ayr [1]

Barberton, Transvaal [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Birmingham [1]

Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bremersdorp, Swaziland [1]

Bristol [1]

Caithness, Scotland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Capetown. [1]

Carrick-On-Shannon, County Leitrim [1]

Castle Park, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. [1]

Chelsea [1]

Clifton, Bristol Gloucestershire [1]

Cradock [1]

Cradock, Eastern Cape [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Derby [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dundee [1]

East London, Eastern Cape [1]

East Preston, Sussex [1]

Eastern Cape [1]

Ermelo, Transvaal [1]

Graham's Town, Cape Province [1]

Hernosand [1]

Holywell, Flintshire [1]

Hopefield, Cape Province [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Karachi [1]

Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Kimberley Cape Province [1]

Kimberley, Cape Province [1]

Kimberly [1]

Komgha [1]

London [1]

Macubeni [1]

Marylebone [1]

Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [338]

Lance Corporal [25]

Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Sergeant [16]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [6]

Lance Sergeant [6]

Serjeant [5]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Signaller [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lieutenant Colonel/temporary Brigadier General [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant (Observer) [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

1st South African Infantry [342]

1st Regiment South African Infantry [61]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [6]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [5]

South African Infantry [5]

South African Infantry Brigade [4]

1st Regt. South African Infantry [3]

1st South African Infantry Regiment [3]

Rhodesia Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

4th South African Infantry [2]

6th South African Infantry [2]

East African Labour Corps [2]

General List [2]

Kaffrarian Rifles [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

1/3rd Queen's Own Gurkha Rifles [1]

12th South African Infantry [1]

1st (Cape Colony) Battalion, South African Infantry [1]

1st Battalion South African Infantry [1]

1st Division [1]

1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

1st Infantry Battalion South African Force [1]

1st Infantry South Africa [1]

1st Infantry South African Force [1]

1st Kimberley Regiment [1]

1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

1st Regt. South African Infantry [1]

1st Rhodesia Native Regiment [1]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [1]

1st Rhodhesia Regiment [1]

1st South African Brigade [1]

1st South African Infantry (Irish Regiment) [1]

1st South African Infantry Battalion [1]

1st South African Infantry, Machine Gun Section [1]

1st South African Infantry. [1]

1st Transvaal Scottish [1]

1st Transval Scottish [1]

23 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

2nd Kimberley Regiment [1]

2nd Regiment 1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

2nd South African Infantry Brigade [1]

3/1st Surrey Yeomanry [1]

4th King's African Rifles [1]

5th South African Infantry [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Commanding the South African Infantry Brigade [1]

Gold Coast Mounted Infantry [1]

Service

South African Services [388]

British Army [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [53]

H [39]

C [36]

S [36]

M [32]

D [30]

F [25]

W [25]

P [24]

A [19]

G [19]

K [16]

R [16]

J [14]

L [14]

V [11]

T [10]

N [8]

E [5]

O [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Country

South Africa [65]

United Kingdom [18]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [437] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cape Town [2] Grahamstown [2] Leeds [2] Liverpool [2] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Appleby, Westmorland [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Ayr [1] Barberton, Transvaal [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Birmingham [1] Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bremersdorp, Swaziland [1] Bristol [1] Caithness, Scotland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge [1] Capetown. [1] Carrick-On-Shannon, County Leitrim [1] Castle Park, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. [1] Chelsea [1] Clifton, Bristol Gloucestershire [1] Cradock [1] Cradock, Eastern Cape [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Derby [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dundee [1] East London, Eastern Cape [1] East Preston, Sussex [1] Eastern Cape [1] Ermelo, Transvaal [1] Graham's Town, Cape Province [1] Hernosand [1] Holywell, Flintshire [1] Hopefield, Cape Province [1] Isle of Wight [1] Johannesburg [1] Karachi [1] Keynsham, Somerset [1] Kimberley Cape Province [1] Kimberley, Cape Province [1] Kimberly [1] Komgha [1] London [1] Macubeni [1] Marylebone [1] Midlothian [1]

Rank

Private [338] Lance Corporal [25] Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Sergeant [16] Lieutenant [12] Captain [6] Lance Sergeant [6] Serjeant [5] Company Sergeant Major [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Signaller [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Flight Cadet [1] Interpreter [1] Lieutenant Colonel/temporary Brigadier General [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant (Observer) [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

1st South African Infantry [342] 1st Regiment South African Infantry [61] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [6] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [5] South African Infantry [5] South African Infantry Brigade [4] 1st Regt. South African Infantry [3] 1st South African Infantry Regiment [3] Rhodesia Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] 4th South African Infantry [2] 6th South African Infantry [2] East African Labour Corps [2] General List [2] Kaffrarian Rifles [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] 1/3rd Queen's Own Gurkha Rifles [1] 12th South African Infantry [1] 1st (Cape Colony) Battalion, South African Infantry [1] 1st Battalion South African Infantry [1] 1st Division [1] 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 1st Infantry Battalion South African Force [1] 1st Infantry South Africa [1] 1st Infantry South African Force [1] 1st Kimberley Regiment [1] 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 1st Regt. South African Infantry [1] 1st Rhodesia Native Regiment [1] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [1] 1st Rhodhesia Regiment [1] 1st South African Brigade [1] 1st South African Infantry (Irish Regiment) [1] 1st South African Infantry Battalion [1] 1st South African Infantry, Machine Gun Section [1] 1st South African Infantry. [1] 1st Transvaal Scottish [1] 1st Transval Scottish [1] 23 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 2nd Kimberley Regiment [1] 2nd Regiment 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] 2nd South African Infantry Brigade [1] 3/1st Surrey Yeomanry [1] 4th King's African Rifles [1] 5th South African Infantry [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Commanding the South African Infantry Brigade [1] Gold Coast Mounted Infantry [1]

Service

South African Services [388] British Army [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [53] H [39] C [36] S [36] M [32] D [30] F [25] W [25] P [24] A [19] G [19] K [16] R [16] J [14] L [14] V [11] T [10] N [8] E [5] O [2] I [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Country

South Africa [65] United Kingdom [18] France [1] Ireland [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Hugo Harold Preston

Born 1895

Died 1968

South African Services 13142 Private 1st South African Infantry

South African Services Private Kaffrarian Rifles

South African Services 13142 Private 1st South African Infantry

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Claude Fitzgerald S Burton

Born 1895

Died 1916

South African Services 1916 Lance Sergeant 1st South African Infantry "D" Company.

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Edward Travers Burges

Born 1877

Died 1916

South African Services Major 1st South African Infantry Formerly South African Mounted Rifles.

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Muns Visser

Born 1896

South African Services 7350 Private 1st South African Infantry

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David Botha

Born 1896

Died 1916

South African Services 7307 Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry "C" Company.

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Casper Johannes W Alberts

Born 1900

Died 1918

South African Services 12749 Private 1st South African Infantry

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William Francis Moore

Born 1894

Died 1916

South African Services 7525 Private 1st South African Infantry

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Allan Christie Haarhoff

Born 1887

Died 1916

South African Services 3975 Second Lieutenant 1st South African Infantry.

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Aaron William John Brookstein

Born 1887

Died 1916

South African Services 3906 Private 1st South African Infantry

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William Eric Carlsson

Born 1892

Died 1916

South African Services 1902 Private 1st South African Infantry 1st Regiment

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Tom Rees Davies

Born 1883

Died 1916

South African Services 7313 Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry

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George Ammon

Born 1881

Died 1916

South African Services 2604 Company Sergeant Major 1st South African Infantry

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Frans Jacobus Germishuys

Born 1893

South African Services 14402 Signaller 1st South African Infantry

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Albert Johannes Loubser

Died 1917

South African Services 4152 Private 1st South African Infantry Stretcher Bearer at Delville Wood, won the D.C.M.

South African Services 4152 Corporal 1st South African Infantry

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Thomas Wilson

Born 1877

Died 1918

South African Services 21035 Corporal 1st Regiment South African Infantry

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Valentine Mansergh Robinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

South African Services 3932 Corporal 1st South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood as a Private

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Archie Nelson Huskisson

Born 1896

Died 1916

South African Services 1525 Private 1st South African Infantry Wounded at Delville Wood

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Harry Hawkins

Born 1889

Died 1916

South African Services 4211 Private 1st South African Infantry Wounded at Delville Wood

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Stanley David Mitchley

Born 1898

Died 1916

South African Services 7016 Private 1st South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood in 2nd SAI

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Arthur Henry Brown

Born 1885

Died 1916

South African Services 2966 Lieutenant 1st South African Infantry

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