DELVILLE WOOD

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Corporal Louis Leonard AARONS

1st SAI, D Coy - Wounded

Recommanded for a mention in despatches (no retained)

Shell-shocked in September 1916 and discharged in 1917.

Private George Allen ABBEY

3rd SAI

Private T.W. ABBEY

2nd SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Point du Jour Military Cemetery)

Private David Stuart ABEL

2nd SAI

Missing in action in front the Butte of Warlencourt (Somme) on the 12th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A.W. ABERDEEN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Killed in action near Frezenberg (as Lance Corporal) on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private Albert ACKERMAN

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Lance Corporal D. ACKERMAN

4th SAI

Lance Sergeant Charles ADAMS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal Graham James ADAMS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Acting Corporal James Ferguson ADAMS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private John Hedley ADAMS

3rd SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Sergeant John Webb ADAMS

4th SAI

Private J.W. ADAMS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Acting Sergeant John Webb ADAMS

3rd SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Wounded at Arras in 1917. Killed in action (as Sergeant) on the 11th January 1918 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Private M. ADAMS

2nd SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte of Warlencourt (Somme) on the 12th October 1916 (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

Lance Sergeant T. ADAMS

4th SAI - Wounded

Died on the 8th March 1919 (Glasgow Western Necropolis)

Private Vernon Liddell ADAMS

3rd SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private G. ADENDORFF

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal G.A. ADENDORFF

Wounded

Private J.P. ADENDORFF

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Driver L.L. ADENDORFF

3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)

J. ADKINS

4th SAI

Private H. AEREBOE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private T. AFFLECK

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private James Douglas AFFLICK

3rd SAI - Killed on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private O. AGESON

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private I.B. AIKMAN

4th SAI

Private C.G. AINSLIE

4th SAI

Private J. AINSLIE

4th SAI

Sergeant James AINSLIE

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 17th July

Discharged as permanently unfit for service in November 1917

Private A.M. AITCHISON

4th SAI

Lance Corporal Andrew AITKEN

4th SAI, A Coy

Killed in action near Frezenberg (as Second Lieutenant in the B Coy) on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private T.G. AITKEN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private W.H. AITKINS

4th SAI - Wounded

Private D.G. ALBOROUGH

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private D.W. ALBOROUGH

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

CQMS D. ALEXANDER

4th SAI, B Coy

Private J. ALEXANDER

4th SAI, B Coy

Died on the 10th June 1919 (Benoni Cemetery, Gauteng, South Africa)

Private F.W. ALFORD

4th SAI, C Coy

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private D.C. ALGAR

Wounded

Private J.G. ALLAN

Wounded

Private C.A. ALLEN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Sergeant C.F. ALLEN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Francis ALLEN

2nd SAI, B Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private H.J. ALLEN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private James ALLEN

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private M.W. ALLEN

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal Percival Joseph ALLEN

1st SAI, B Coy - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Victor William ALLEN

4th SAI, A Coy

Awarded Military Medal for his conduct at Delville Wood

Later commissioned and awarded the Military Cross

Killed in action near Frezenberg (as Second Lieutenant in 103rd Squadron, Royal Air Force) on the 9th June 1918 (Bouchoir New British Cemetery)

Private G.F. ALLIBONE

2nd SAI

Private Frank ALLSOP

1st SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private L.V. ALLSOPP

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private James ALSOP

3rd SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private J. ALSTON

2nd SAI

Private Alec John AMOORE

3rd SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Arthur Ernest ANDERSON

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private Bernard Frederick ANDERSON

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 16th July - Died on the 22nd July (Abbeville Communal Cemetery)

Private C.F.W. ANDERSON

4th SAI, D Coy - Wounded

Private E.S. ANDERSON

1st SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 3rd January 1917 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Lance Corporal Fulton White ANDERSON

4th SAI, B Coy - Wounded

Killed in action (as Corporal) near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private J. ANDERSON

1st SAI - Attached to the trench mortar battery

Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood.

Lance Corporal J.L. ANDERSON

2nd SAI

Private J.L. ANDERSON

2nd SAI

Private N.M. ANDERSON

2nd SAI

Private N.M. ANDERSON

2nd SAI

Private R.K. ANDERSON

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Captain R.S. ANDERSON

4th SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Robert ANDERSON

3rd SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Victor ANDERSON

1st SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 17th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private W de ANDERSON

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private William Norman ANDERSON

4th SAI - Wounded and taken prisoner. Died of wounds on the 20th July (Favreuil British Cemetery)

Private W.R. ANDERSON

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private G.T. ANDREWS

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private M.W. ANDREWS

2nd SAI

Private V. ANGEL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private V. ANGOVE

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Sergeant James Lee ANGUS

4th SAI, B Coy

Killed in action at Marrieres Wood on the 24th March 1918 (Pozieres Memorial)

Corporal Robert APPLETON

1st SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private John Thomas ARBER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private A. ARBUCKLE

4th SAI, C Coy

Sergeant R.W.J. ARDERNE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Sergeant W.C. ARKELL

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Corporal Alfred Ernest Benjamin ARMSTRONG

2nd SAI - Killed on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C.S. ARMSTRONG

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private J.W. ARMSTRONG

3rd SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner

Private P. ARMSTRONG

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private C.M. ARNOLD

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private J. ARNOLD

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Corporal L. ARNOLD

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private P.G. ARNOLD

2nd SAI

Private Cyril William ARNOT

3rd SAI

Recommanded for a mention in despatches for his conduct at Delville Wood (no retained)

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private Neville ARONSON

3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal H.C. ART

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private C. ASCOUGH

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private C. ASHNURNER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private E.J. ASHDOWN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Killed in action on the 25th January 1918 (Tincourt New British Cemetery)

Private H. ASHMAN

2nd SAI

Private W.O. ASHTON

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private H. ASHURST

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private John David ASHWELL

1st SAI - Taken prisoner

Private E. ASHWORTH

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Edward Alexander ASHWORTH

2nd SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Ypres on the 15th October 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private A. ASSER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private W.H. ATKINS

Wounded

Lance Corporal Frederick Maynard ATKINSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Missing in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 18th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private George Renton ATKINSON

4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Killed in action (serving in the B Coy) near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Point du Jour Military Cemetery)

Private John Clifford ATTERBURY

1st SAI, B Coy

Was present at the unveiling of the Delville Wood Memorial in 1926.

Private William M. AUCHTERLONIE

4th SAI, D Coy

Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood.

Wounded in action at Arras on the 12th April 1917.

Lance Corporal A.B. AULD

4th SAI, C Coy

Private F.A. AULD

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action (as Second Lieutenant) on the 8th January 1918 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Lance Corporal J.A.C. AULD

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private J.N. AVENANT

2nd SAI

Private L.G. AVENT

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal C.L. AYERS

Wounded

Private A.W. AYRES

2nd SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal C.L. AYRES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)

Private W.H. AYRES

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner