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Johannesburg [7]

London [6]

Glasgow [5]

Natal [5]

Cape Town [4]

Liverpool [4]

Isle of Wight [3]

Armagh [2]

Battersea [2]

Berkshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Brechin [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chelsea [2]

Cornwall [2]

Cradock [2]

Dundee [2]

Dundee, Natal [2]

Dunfermline [2]

Durban [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Exeter [2]

Grahamstown [2]

Hackney [2]

Islington [2]

Kensington [2]

Leeds [2]

Northampton [2]

Pietermaritzburg, Natal [2]

Port Elizabeth, Cape Province [2]

Potchefstroom, Transvaal [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Algiers, Louisiana [1]

Aliwal North, Cape Province [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Annan, Dumfrieshire Scotland [1]

Appleby, Westmorland [1]

Ardale, Victoria [1]

Arklow, County Wicklow [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ayrshire Scotland [1]

Balham [1]

Ballymoney [1]

Balnacraig, Inverness [1]

Barberton [1]

Barberton, Transvaal [1]

Barkly East, Cape Province [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [2108]

Serjeant [246]

Second Lieutenant [223]

Corporal [220]

Lance Corporal [213]

Lieutenant [195]

Captain [121]

Sergeant [80]

Major [45]

Staff Serjeant [33]

Company Serjeant Major [29]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Driver [20]

Gunner [19]

Lance Sergeant [17]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Company Sergeant Major [12]

Sapper [12]

Signaller [12]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Temporary Captain [9]

Rifleman [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Regimental Serjeant Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Trooper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Private /Lance Corporal [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Captain and Adjutant [4]

Colonel [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

ALIAS Private [3]

Cadet [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Major [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

3rd Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [2]

Commissary [2]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2]

Unit

South African Infantry [1033]

2nd South African Infantry [426]

South African Infantry Brigade [359]

1st South African Infantry [342]

4th South African Infantry [339]

3rd South African Infantry [312]

Rhodesia Regiment [205]

South African Infantry Battalion [179]

East African Labour Corps [119]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [62]

1st Regiment South African Infantry [61]

King's African Rifles [53]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [52]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [34]

Royal Air Force [31]

British South African Police [24]

Royal Engineers [22]

Nigeria Regiment [19]

2/3rd South African Infantry Brigade [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

7th South African Infantry [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Labour Corps [12]

General List [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

10th South African Infantry [9]

2nd South African Infantry Brigade [9]

4th Regt. South African Infantry [9]

8th South African Infantry [9]

3rd Regiment South African Infantry [8]

6th South African Infantry [8]

Infantry [8]

Infantry Battalion South African Force [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Rhodesia Native Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

South African Forces [8]

2nd Regt. South African Infantry [7]

3rd Regt. South African Infantry [7]

5th South African Infantry [7]

East African Political Department [7]

Imperial Light Horse [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

South African Mounted Regiment [7]

12th South African Infantry [6]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [6]

Rhodhesia Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1850]

South African Services [1668]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [359]

B [318]

S [305]

H [296]

W [239]

C [234]

R [181]

D [175]

T [172]

G [161]

P [156]

F [155]

L [148]

A [113]

J [101]

K [89]

E [78]

V [63]

N [59]

O [37]

I [22]

Y [9]

Q [6]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2015]

Country

South Africa [214]

United Kingdom [99]

Ireland [3]

Zimbabwe [3]

Australia [1]

France [1]

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Johannesburg [7] London [6] Glasgow [5] Natal [5] Cape Town [4] Liverpool [4] Isle of Wight [3] Armagh [2] Battersea [2] Berkshire [2] Birmingham [2] Brechin [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelsea [2] Cornwall [2] Cradock [2] Dundee [2] Dundee, Natal [2] Dunfermline [2] Durban [2] Edinburgh [2] Exeter [2] Grahamstown [2] Hackney [2] Islington [2] Kensington [2] Leeds [2] Northampton [2] Pietermaritzburg, Natal [2] Port Elizabeth, Cape Province [2] Potchefstroom, Transvaal [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Algiers, Louisiana [1] Aliwal North, Cape Province [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Annan, Dumfrieshire Scotland [1] Appleby, Westmorland [1] Ardale, Victoria [1] Arklow, County Wicklow [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Ayr [1] Ayrshire [1] Ayrshire Scotland [1] Balham [1] Ballymoney [1] Balnacraig, Inverness [1] Barberton [1] Barberton, Transvaal [1] Barkly East, Cape Province [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [2108] Serjeant [246] Second Lieutenant [223] Corporal [220] Lance Corporal [213] Lieutenant [195] Captain [121] Sergeant [80] Major [45] Staff Serjeant [33] Company Serjeant Major [29] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Driver [20] Gunner [19] Lance Sergeant [17] Lance Serjeant [17] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Company Sergeant Major [12] Sapper [12] Signaller [12] Acting Serjeant [10] Temporary Captain [9] Rifleman [8] Acting Corporal [7] Regimental Serjeant Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Trooper [6] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Captain [5] Private /Lance Corporal [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Captain and Adjutant [4] Colonel [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] ALIAS Private [3] Cadet [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Major [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] 3rd Serjeant [2] Acting Company Sergeant Major [2] Commissary [2] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2]

Unit

South African Infantry [1033] 2nd South African Infantry [426] South African Infantry Brigade [359] 1st South African Infantry [342] 4th South African Infantry [339] 3rd South African Infantry [312] Rhodesia Regiment [205] South African Infantry Battalion [179] East African Labour Corps [119] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [62] 1st Regiment South African Infantry [61] King's African Rifles [53] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [52] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [34] Royal Air Force [31] British South African Police [24] Royal Engineers [22] Nigeria Regiment [19] 2/3rd South African Infantry Brigade [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] 7th South African Infantry [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Labour Corps [12] General List [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] 10th South African Infantry [9] 2nd South African Infantry Brigade [9] 4th Regt. South African Infantry [9] 8th South African Infantry [9] 3rd Regiment South African Infantry [8] 6th South African Infantry [8] Infantry [8] Infantry Battalion South African Force [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Rhodesia Native Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] South African Forces [8] 2nd Regt. South African Infantry [7] 3rd Regt. South African Infantry [7] 5th South African Infantry [7] East African Political Department [7] Imperial Light Horse [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] South African Mounted Regiment [7] 12th South African Infantry [6] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [6] Rhodhesia Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1850] South African Services [1668] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [5] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [359] B [318] S [305] H [296] W [239] C [234] R [181] D [175] T [172] G [161] P [156] F [155] L [148] A [113] J [101] K [89] E [78] V [63] N [59] O [37] I [22] Y [9] Q [6] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2015]

Country

South Africa [214] United Kingdom [99] Ireland [3] Zimbabwe [3] Australia [1] France [1]

Francis King

Born 1895

Died 1917

South African Services Second Lieutenant South African Infantry

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Arthur Murray Stewart Tordiffe

Born 1879

Died 1918

South African Services 738 Sergeant South African Infantry 4th Regt

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William Main

Born 1886

Other Empire Force Private South African Infantry Regiment 4th Battalion (South African Scottish)

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Phillippus Petrus Jacobus Grobler

Died 1918

South African Services 9937 Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt.

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Archibald Gray Short

Born 1880

Died 1916

South African Services 5235 Company Quartermaster Sergeant 4th South African Infantry

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Charles Nugent Macrobert

Born 1897

Died 1918

South African Services 10018 Private 4th South African Infantry

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Francis Madresfield Davis

Born 1880

Died 1917

South African Services E3015 Captain 2 South African Infantry

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William James Blanchard

Born 1882

Died 1917

South African Services Second Lieutenant South African Infantry

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William Henry Hewitt

Born 1884

Died 1966

South African Services 8162 Lance Corporal 2nd South African Light Infantry

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Harold Lawrence Sumner

Born 1885

British Army Second Lieutenant South African Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

South African Services 3677 Corporal 4th South African Infantry M.M. for Delville Wood

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Hedley Sutcliff Fynn

Born 1891

Died 1917

South African Services 1385 Lance Sergeant South African Infantry 3rd Battalion

South African Services 1385 Lance Corporal South African Infantry Bombing Section

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Thomas Jaffray Read

Born 1883

Died 1916

South African Services 6445 Corporal 3rd South African Infantry

British Army 6445 Lance Corporal South African Infantry 3rd Regiment

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Thomas James Reynard

Born 1887

Died 1916

South African Services 6782 Private 2nd South African Infantry

South African Services 6782 Private South African Infantry 1st Regiment

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Thomas Ralph Williams

Born 1885

Died 1917

South African Services 2526 Private South African Infantry

South African Services 2526 (242694?) private South African Infantry

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Bertie Turner

Born 1894

Died 1975

South African Services Private Prince Alfred's Guards

South African Services 4299 Private South African Infantry 1st (Corps Colony)

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James Younger Murray

Born 1876

Died 1919

South African Services 7906 Private Kaffrarian Rifles

South African Services 898 Private 1st Regt. South African Infantry

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Walter Prentice

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 5097 Private South African Immediate Reserve

South African Services 5097 Corporal South African Infantry 4th Regt

South African Services 5097 Corporal 4th South African Infantry 4th Regt.

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Edward Alder Legge

Born 1866

Died 1929

British Army Captain and Adjutant South African Infantry

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Ian Ramsay Russell

Born 1882

Died 1916

South African Services 217 Sergeant 4th South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood

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John Smart Lyon

Born 1879

Died 1916

South African Services 1201 Private South African Infantry 8th Battalion

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