DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium

Twenty five South Africans, of whom eleven served in British units*, are commemorated on this Memorial.

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

Private

Arthur ANDERSON (Served as E. PALMER)

Panel 11.

2nd S.A.I. (South African Brigade, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 18th August 1918 by shelling.

Private

Thomas Victor ATKINSON

Panel 1.

Son of Mr and Mrs WI Atkinson, of 12, Goddard St, Bloemfontein, South Africa (source : C.W.G.C.).

1/8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Pioneer Battalion of the 51st Highland Division)

Killed in action on the 12th April 1918 - Age 21.

Private

Johannes Gerhardus BARNARD

Panel 11.

Son of Isaac Abraham and Catharina Petronella Barnard of 5, Kingston Lane, Kimberley, Cape Province. (source : C.W.G.C.).

1st S.A.I. (South African Brigade, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 5th May 1918 during the relief of the Battalion in the Mont Kemmel sector - Age 20.

Lance Corporal

Ernest John Reginald BELCHER

Panel 3.

16th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (15th Brigade, 5th Division).

Killed in action on the 18th April 1918.

Sergeant

Leonard CLAY

Panel 5.

Nephew of Emily Wright, of 23, Primrose Lane, Dewsbury Rd, Leeds (source : C.W.G.C.).

2nd Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (25th Brigade, 8th Division).

Killed in action on the 9th May 1918 - Age 30.

Private

Vivian Ernest COHEN, D.C.M.

Panel 10.

Son of Ernest Henry Augustus and Henrietta Cohen, of Johannesburg, South Africa; Born in Transvaal. Educated at Sevenoaks College, Kent (source : C.W.G.C.).

1/13th Battalion, The London Regiment (168th Brigade, 56th London Division)

Killed in action on the 9th May 1918 - Age 22.

Lieutenant

Alastair Ingram DAVIS

Panel 9.

Son of Peter and Mary E Davis, of Morningside, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa (source : C.W.G.C.).

1/7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (154th Brigade, 51st Highland Division)

Killed in action on the 11th April 1918 - Age 19.

Second Lieutenant

John Archibald DICKINSON

Panel 1.

Son of John and Rebecca Dickinson, of 7, Fountain St, Ulverston, Lancs. (source : C.W.G.C.).

1st Battalion, The Queens (19th Brigade, 33rd Division)

Died on the 13th April 1918 - Age 34.

Rifleman

Frederick William GREVER

Panel 8.

16th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (100th Brigade, 33rd Division)

Killed in action on the 15th April 1918.

Sergeant

George Ernest HALL

Panel 11.

Son of Mr SC Hall, of Durban, Natal, South Africa, and the late Christina Hall. (source : C.W.G.C.).

1st S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 24th June 1918 during the attack on Meteren - Age 22.

Rifleman

George Albert HENDRY

Panel 10.

Son of Edward Arthur and Miriam Hendry, of 111, Amity Rd, West Ham, London (source : C.W.G.C.).

1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (11th Brigade, 4th Division).

Killed in action on the 14th November 1914 - Age 20.

Lance Sergeant

Arthur JONES, M.M.

Panel 11.

2nd S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division)

Killed in action on the 19th July 1918 during the attack on Meteren.

Second Lieutenant

Ernest James KEELEY

Panel 11.

Wounded in Delville Wood on the 19th July 1916 as Lance Corporal.

4th S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1918 in Meteren sector.

Private

George Frederick LANGENHOVEN

Panel 11.

Son of Mr PHM Langenhooven, of Hattingspruit, Natal ; husband of SL Langenhooven, of Durban, South Africa (source : C.W.G.C.).

2nd S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division)

Missing in action on the 11th July 1918 in front Meteren - Age 33.

Second Lieutenant

Eric Charles MALE

Panel 11.

Son of the late Charles and Margaret Male (source : C.W.G.C.).

Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916 as Lance Corporal.

4th S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division)

Killed in action on the 20th July 1918 in Meteren sector - Age 27.

Captain

Robert NEVILL, M.C. & Bar

Panel 6.

Son of Robert and Florence Gertrude Nevill, of Tamworth, Staffs. Eucated at Winchester (source : C.W.G.C.).

2nd Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (75th Brigade, 25th Division)

Killed in action on the 10th April 1918 - Age 20.

Lance Corporal

George Jameson PAYNE

Panel 11.

Son of Mrs AM Aspinall (formerly Payne), of 4, Hercules Quarters, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa, and the late George T Payne. Proceeded to France with the 1st SA Contingent. Also served in the German SW African campaign (source : C.W.G.C.).

Wounded in Delville Wood in July 1916 as Private.

1st S.A.I., 3rd Coy (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 5th May 1918 during the relief of the Battalion in the Mont Kemmel sector - Age 23.

Private

Thomas Henry QUAYLE

Panel 11.

Brother of Robert R. Quayle, of 4, Queen's Avenue, Douglas, Isle-of-Man. (source : C.W.G.C.).

4th S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in action on the 19th July 1918 during the attack on Meteren - Age 27.

Second Lieutenant

Clifford Stanley RATCLIFFE

Panel 9.

Son of George and Agnes Ratcliffe, of Bellair, Natal, South Africa (source : C.W.G.C.).

9th Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (108th Brigade, 36th Ulster Division).

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1918 - Age 28.

Sergeant

Frank SANDERSON

Panel 11.

1st S.A.I. (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Died in service on the 31st May 1918 in Meteren area.

Private

Richard THOMPSON

Panel 11.

Son of WR Thompson, of Dripshill, Hanley Castle, Worcester, England, and the late Margaret Thompson (source : C.W.G.C.).

1st S.A.I., Rhodesian Company, (South African Composite Battalion, 9th Scottish Division).

Killed in service on the 4th May 1918 in the Mont Kemmel sector - Age 29.

Captain

Hurlestone Vesey WELLS

Panel 3.

Son of George and Alicia Katherine Wells, of Bedford ; husband of Anne Elizabeth Wells, of 34, Pembridge Villas, Notting Hill, London (source : C.W.G.C.).

2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division).