DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

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CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY

Longueval, Somme, France

Douglas Edward BRODIE

Grave XI.C.12.

Son of the late Hugh Brodie of Brodie, and Lady Eleanor Brodie, of Brodie, Brodie Castle, Forres (Source : C.W.G.C.).

Registered on the Roll of South Africans who fell 1914-1918 edited after the War by the South African authorities.

1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders (1st Brigade, 1st Division)

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916. In line at Bazentin-le-Petit since the 15th August, the battalion moved back to the old German line at the southern edge of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood on the 17th August.