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THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Private M.J. BAATJES

1st SAI, C Coy

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

Private E.C. BABB

2nd SAI

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

Private P.D. BADCOCK

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private W.E. BADGER

1st SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Private Gilbert F. BADNALL

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Acting Sergeant A.S. BAGLEY

2nd SAI

Private H. BAGLEY

2nd SAI - Wounded

Second Lieutenant BAILEY

Machine Gun Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Private W. BAILEY

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private William Ernest BAILEY

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private W.V. BAILEY

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private J. BAIRD

4th SAI, D Coy

Private James Caesar BAIRD

3rd SAI - Killed on the 20th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private J.N. BAIRD

4th SAI, D Coy

Private Sydney Norman BAISLEY

1st SAI - Killed on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A.G. BAKER

2nd SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal C. BAKER

4th SAI, D Coy - Declared missing in action (probably on the 18th July) on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)

Private F.R. BAKER

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private George Frederick BAKER

1st SAI, A Coy - Wounded during the rescue of  Lieutenant Craig on the 16th July 1916, with Faulds (VC), Estment (MM).

Recommended for the DCM. Awarded the Military Medal.

Killed in action on the 12th April 1917 during the battle of Arras as Lance Corporal (Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux)

Private George Thomas BAKER

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 19th July

Awarded the Military Medal for his conduct at Delville Wood.

Lance Corporal Hyman Raphael BAKER

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

Lieutenant J.B. BAKER

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

Private B.E. BALCOMB

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private B.E. BALCOMBE

Wounded

Private H.W. BALDWIN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Domingo BALINI

1st SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Also wounded at Arras in 1917

Private S.R. BALL

4th SAI, A Coy

Private H.L. BALLARD

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Captain Harry W.M. BAMFORD

Adjutant 2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Recommended for the DSO. Awarded the Military Cross.

In April 1918, commanded the South African Composite Battalion then, as lieutenant-Colonel, the reconstituted 2nd SAI. Wounded on the 8th October 1918. Awarded OBE.

Private Herbert Alfred BAMBURY

4th SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Sergeant Thomas BANCROFT

2nd SAI

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

Private William BANDS

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private H.L. BANKS

Wounded

Private R. BANKS

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

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

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Fampoux British Cemetery)

Lance Corporal W.R. BANNISTER

4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Private Walter Arthur Henry BANSEMER

2nd SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Frederick Charles BARBE

2nd SAI

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

Private E. BARBER

Private Thomas Fenwick BARBOUR

2nd SAI

Private W.N. BARENDSE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private H.S. BARGE

Wounded

Corporal Alfred BARKER

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

Private E.C. BARKER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private H.T.W. BARKER

1st SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Private L.O. BARKER

2nd SAI

Private P.L. BARKER

4th SAI

Private W. BARKER

4th SAI - Wounded

Private W.A. BARKER

Wounded

Private W.H. BARKER

2nd SAI

Captain Ernest S. BARLOW

2nd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Late in the war, served as brigade-major with the 9th Division

Died in 1921, his health undermined and impaired by a shell-shock

Private J.W. BARNARD

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Cyril Pemberton BARNES

1st SAI, C Coy

Wounded near Hill Farm in April 1918. Promoted Sergeant.

Private Edwin BARNES

2nd SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Pearson BARNES

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private W. BARNES

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private W.H. BARNES

2nd SAI

Private F.A. BARNETT

2nd SAI

Private R. BARNETT

2nd SAI - Wounded

Sergeant E.R. BARR

4th SAI, B Coy

Sergeant T.G.H. BARRABLE

2nd SAI

Private Boulden William BARRALET

1st SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 17th July

Died of wounds near Arras on the 15th April 1917 (St Nicolas British Cemetery)

Private L. BARRALET

Wounded

Private F.R. BARRATT

2nd SAI

Private J.F. BARRET

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

L/Corporal C.A. BARRETT

2nd SAI

Private D.J. BARRETT

2nd SAI

Private J. BARRETT

2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July (Dive Copse British Cemetery)

Private J. BARRETT

Wounded

Private T.C. BARRETT

Wounded

Private J.D. BARRY

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private Gilbert BARTLETT

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

Lance Corporal J.A. BARTLETT

4th SAI - Wounded

Private H.W. BARTLEY

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

Second Lieutenant Alfred Richard BARTON

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

Private Alexander Walter BATCHELOR

4th SAI - Wounded

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

Lance Corporal P. BATCHELOR

2nd SAI

Second Lieutenant Cron Ivor BATE

1st SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner

Sergeant J.C. BATEMAN

4th SAI

Private M. BATEMAN

3rd SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Private C. BATES

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private C.P.A. BATHAM

2nd SAI

Private H.F. BAUER

2nd SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery)

Private R. BAURISTHENE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private T.G. BAWDEN

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private David McGilvany BAXTER

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Arras on the 1st February 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private Edward Rooksby BAXTER

2nd SAI, C Coy

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

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

Private L.M. BAXTER

4th SAI - Wounded

Private R.D. BAYLEY

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Honorable Lieutenant Z.B. BAYLEY

Quatermaster of the 4th SAI

Died on the 17th April 1919

Private D. BAYNE

Wounded

CQMS William BAYNE

4th SAI

Later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

Private E.E. BAZLEY

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Orlando Leonard BEAN

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A. BEARD

2nd SAI

Private George Russell BEARD

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Private P. BEATON

4th SAI

Lance Corporal W.A. BEATTIE

4th SAI - Wounded

Author of the Poem  Delville Wood

Lance Corporal D.C. BEBBINGTON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private W.M. BECK

4th SAI, B Coy - Wounded

Private H.J. BECKER

Wounded on the 16th July

Sergeant P. BECKER

3rd SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner

Sergeant G.H.W. BECKMAN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the DCM

Private P. BECKWITH

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private Norman Wilhelm BEDDY

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Private B. BEE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private F.E. BEER

Wounded

Lance Corporal S.J. BEER

4th SAI

Private Joseph BEETAR

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

Private Eric Wilhelm BEETON

4th SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private Graham François BEETON

4th SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Highland  Cemetery, Roclincourt)

Private F.A. BEGBIE

Wounded

Sergeant J.H. BEGG

4th SAI

Acting Sergeant Rupert Ernest Fuller BEGLEY

2nd SAI

Private (Signaller) Richard BELAND

3rd SAI, C Coy

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

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

Private W.A.J. BELCHER

2nd SAI

Private A. BELING

Wounded

Second Lieutenant Charles Stewart BELL

4th SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Sucrerie Military Cemetery)

Private C.V.F. BELL

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private Douglas Fitzwilliam BELL

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Later commissioned and taken prisoner at Marrieres Wood on the 24th March 1918.

Died in 1979.

Lance Sergeant F. BELL

2nd SAI - Wounded

Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the DCM later in the War (as CSM)

Lance Corporal Fitzwilliam Charles BELL

4th SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private G.E. BELL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Sergeant G.F. BELL

4th SAI

Private J.H.C. BELL

4th SAI

Private L.G. BELL

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private N.L. BELL

4th SAI

Private Richard Harold BELL

2nd SAI, C Coy - Died of wounds on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private T. BELL

1st SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private W. BELL

Wounded

Private John BELLEW

3rd SAI - Killed on the 15th July  (Thiepval Memorial)

Corporal William BELSHAW

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

Private D.H. BENEKE

4th SAI, A Coy

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

Private R.F. BENFIELD

2nd SAI

Private F. BENHAM

2nd SAI

Private A.M. BENNETT

Wounded

Private D.G. BENNETT

Wounded

Private E.G.A. BENNETT

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action (as Corporal) near Meteren on the 8th June 1918 (Ebblinghem Military Cemetery)

Private G.D. BENNETT

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J. BENNETT

1st SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private R.W. BENNETT

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Lance Corporal Walter Arthur BENNETT

2nd SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private W.R. BENNEWITH

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Corporal R. BENNINGFIELD

4th SAI

Private F.H. BENTLEY

Wounded

Private George John BENTLEY

2nd SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Gilbert Edward BENTLEY

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private J. BENTLEY

2nd SAI

Sergeant Percival BENTLEY

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

Private R. BENTLEY

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private Herbert Francis BERMEISTER

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Sergeant A. BERRY

2nd SAI

Later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

Private M.J. BERRY

3rd SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private William James BERRY

3rd SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Johannes Petrus Lodwyk BESTER

2nd SAI - Missing in action on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Arthur Henry BETTERIDGE

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917. Fighter pilot in the 3 Squadron, he fought over Delville Wood in August 1918.

Private S.F. BETTISON

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private A.G. BEVERLEY

4th SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Corporal G.BEVERLEY

4th SAI - Wounded

Lieutenant Robert BEVERLEY

2nd SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Awarded the Military Cross for a night reconnaissance of Trônes Wood on the 11th July 1916 with Private J. Dinnes (MM).

Private Meller BEVISS

2nd SAI, D Coy

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

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

Private L.G. BEYNON

2nd SAI

Private William R.S. BICHENO

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Corporal George Sydney BIGGS

3rd SAI - Missing in action on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private R.C. BILLARD

4th SAI

Private A.N. BILLINGHAM

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Aubrey William BINDON

4th SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal William Garcia BIRCH

4th SAI - Died of wounds on the 19th July (Etaples Military Cemetery)

Private A.V.  BIRD

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Frank BIRD

3rd SAI - Wounded

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

Private Thomas Cecil BIRD

2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)

Lance Corporal J.L. BIRKETT

4th SAI

Private Robert BISHOP

3rd SAI, A Coy

Private William BISSETT

4th SAI

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

Private A. BLACK

2nd SAI

Private A.J. BLACK

4th SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private N. BLACK

4th SAI - Wounded

Corporal Robert James BLACK

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

Private J.A. BLACKBEARD

2nd SAI

Private W.R.N. BLACKBEARD

Wounded on the 17th July

Private R.A. BLACKSHIRE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private B.C.R. BLAINE

2nd SAI, D Coy

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

Private J.H.P. BLAKE

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private L. BLAKE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private W.S. BLAKE

4th SAI, D Coy - Wounded

Private Lewis Gower BLAKEWAY

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Lance Corporal Walter L. BLAKEWAY

2nd SAI, D Coy

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

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

Private J.J. BLANCKENBERG

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

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

Private Harold Robertson BLANKSBY

2nd SAI

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

Sergeant John Rider BLEASBY

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

Private J. BLIGHT

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action on the 27th January 1918 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Private Rudolph BLOM

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded

Declared permanently medically unfit.

Private F.W. BLOMMENSTEIN

Wounded

Acting Corporal H. BLOOM

2nd SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 19th July

Declared permanently medically unfit.

Lance Corporal Clavell Monkhouse BLOUNT

2nd SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Corporal J. BLYTH

4th SAI, C Coy

Private W.J. BLYTHE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private C.C. BOCK

2nd SAI

Private F.W. BODE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private T.H. BODEN

Wounded

Sergeant L.V. BODGER

2nd SAI

Private Alfred BOLTON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Died of wounds (as Lance Corporal) on the 20th October 1917 (Wimereux Communal Cemetery)

Private E.N. BOLTON

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Samuel H. BONE

4th SAI, B Coy

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

Killed in action near Arras on the 18th December 1916 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Private Alfred BOOCK

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

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

Private A.W. BOOMS

2nd SAI

Private C.O. BOOT

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal Albert R.M. BOOTH

4th SAI, D Coy - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Private A.E. BOOTHMAN

Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Roclincourt Valley Cemetery)

Private Martin Gert BOOYSENS

3rd SAI, D Coy - Wounded and taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private W.H. BOOYSENS

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private Roeloff BORSCH

4th SAI, A Coy

Killed in action (as Corporal) near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private J.J. BOSHOFF

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private E. BOSMAN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private P.J. BOTES

Wounded

Lance Corporal David BOTHA

1st SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Frank BOTHA

4th SAI - Killed on the 17th July (Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt)

Private H.J. BOTHA

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private John Grabil BOTHA

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Wounded again in the last weeks of the War

Private P. BOTHA

Wounded

Private S.J. BOTHA

4th SAI - Wounded

Sergeant William Abraham BOTHA

4th SAI

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 19th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private W.B. BOTHA

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private A.P. BOTHMA

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded and taken prisoner

Private Stephen Andrew BOTHMA

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private R.W. BOTTERILL

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private A.L. BOTTLER

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

Lance Corporal C.G. BOUCHER

2nd SAI - Wounded

Corporal Cyril Jephson BOUCHER

2nd SAI, B Coy - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Commisionned after Delville Wood, he died of wounds on the 8th september 1916 (Villers Station Cemetery)

Private J.W. BOUCHER

4th SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private H.E. BOUSFIELD

2nd SAI

Private Hugh BOUSTEAD

4th SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Commissionned, he was wounded at Arras in 1917 and awarded the Military Cross.

Posted in India to the 4th Gurkhas.

Returned in France in the 4th SAI in October 1918.

Remained in the Army after the War, served with Wingate in Ethiopia and hold several high functions in East Africa and Middle East.

Retired as Colonel, KBE, CMG, DSO

Private P.W. BOUWER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Lance Corporal E.J. BOWEN

2nd SAI

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private R.W. BOWEN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private R.A.R. BOWLES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private R.J. BOWLES

2nd SAI

Private A. BOWLEY

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 Edwin Samuel BOWLEY

4th SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery)

Private H.D. BOWMAN

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private T. BOWMAN

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Private E.B. BOWNES

1st SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Private D.R. BOYCE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

Private A.A. BOYD

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private A.H. BOYD

4th SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private T.B. BOYD

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private W.T. BOYES

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Sergeant D.R. BOYLE

2nd SAI

Private J.R. BOYLE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Algene Ward BRADFIELD

4th SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Quarry Cemetery, Montauban-en-Picardie)

Private E.G. BRADLEY

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Percival G.D. BRAIDWOOD

4th SAI, B Coy

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

Private Louis Gowthorpe BRAITHWAITE

3rd SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private R. BRAN

2nd SAI

Private William Robb BRAND

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th May 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private Laurence Wallace BREAKEY

1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private G. BREMMER

3rd SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Mindel Trench British Cemetery)

Private Jack BRENT

2nd SAI, D Coy

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

Private J. BRESLAN

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Private H. BRETTENNY

Private J.J. BREWER

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private BREYTENBACH

Private Howard Douglas BRICE-BRUCE

2nd SAI, B Coy - Taken prisoner

Private D.J. BRICKHILL

2nd SAI

Corporal E.W. BRICKHILL

2nd SAI, B Coy - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private Walter BRIDSON

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private T.W.H. BRIGDEN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Herbert William BRIGGS

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Private V.R. BRIGGS

2nd SAI

Private Percy BRIGHT

2nd SAI

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

Private L.H. BRINK

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Sergeant Wilfred BRINK

3rd SAI - Medical service - Wounded

Was at a Southampton Hospital for two years

Later commissioned.

Private Geolge Rayment BRINKWORTH

4th SAI

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

Lance Corporal T.J. BRITTAIN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Frederick Edwin BROAD

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

Private S.C. BROADBENT

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Died as prisoner of war on the 21st July 1918 (Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany)

Lance Corporal Ernest Frederick BROCKWELL

2nd SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Lance Corporal G.H. BROCKWELL

2nd SAI

Private Ernest John BRODIE

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Norman C. BROKENSHA

2nd SAI, C Coy - Attached to the trench mortar battery - Wounded

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

Private S.R. BROKENSHA

2nd SAI

Private S.S. BROMLEY

3rd SAI

Died on the 5th April 1918 (Richmond Cemetery, Surrey, UK)

Cook Sergeant Charles Robert BROOK

2nd SAI

Killed in action on the 8th september 1916 (Villers Station Cemetery)

Private E.J. BROOK

2nd SAI

Killed in action (as Lieutenant) on the 17th October 1918 near Le Cateau (Ors British Cemetery)

Private John A. BROOK

2nd SAI, A Coy

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

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

Sergeant Tertius Alexander BROOK

2nd SAI, HQ

Private Charles Harley BROOKS

3rd SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Claude Oliver BROOKS

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 17th July

Sergeant Herbert James BROOKS

2nd SAI

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 (Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery)

Private Aaron William John BROOKSTEIN

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private M. BROSNAN

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private J.T. BROUGH

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private W.T. BROUGHTON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private A. BROWN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private A. BROWN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private A.C. BROWN

2nd SAI

Second Lieutenant Arthur Ernest BROWN

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

Lieutenant Arthur Hugh BROWN

4th SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

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

Sergeant A.J. BROWN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private C. BROWN

2nd SAI

Private Cecil Pierce BROWN

4th SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private C.W. BROWN

2nd SAI

Company Sergeant Major D. BROWN

4th SAI

Later awarded the DCM

Sergeant E. BROWN

4th SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt)

Private Eric George BROWN

2nd SAI

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

Private F. BROWN

2nd SAI

Private G.P.E. BROWN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private H.J. BROWN

2nd SAI

Private Harold Angus BROWN

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

See a letter from F.C. LEE (21st July 1916)

Private Henry BROWN

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

Private J. BROWN

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Sergeant J. BROWN

4th SAI

Later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal

Sergeant J.B. BROWN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private J.G. BROWN

2nd SAI

Private Percival Austen BROWN

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private P.M. BROWN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private (Bugler) Sydney A. BROWN

3rd SAI, D Coy

Private Sydney Bennett BROWN

4th SAI - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Killed in action near Arras on the 8th January 1917 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Private T.R. BROWN

3rd SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal W. BROWN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private W.C. BROWN

4th SAI

Private William Frederick BROWN

2nd SAI

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

Captain Claude Melville BROWNE

Adjutant of the 4th SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Promoted Major and awarded the Military Cross and an OBE.

Served in Russia in 1919

Private F.H. BROWNE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private R. BROWNLEE

4th SAI

Second Lieutenant Thorkell Waltham BRU-DE-WOLD

2nd SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private H. BRUCE

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 15th July

Private J.R. BRUCE

4th SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private E.E. BRUCKMAN

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J.H. BRUGEMAN

4th SAI

Private L.H. BRUNKE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private E.C. BRUNNER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private W.T. BRUNSDEN

2nd SAI

Private H. BRUTON

2nd SAI

Second Lieutenant Edmund Consentine BRYANT

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 19th July

Killed in action (as Captain) on the 8th December 1917 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Company Sergeant Major James Wilfred BRYANT

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

Private Joseph William BRYANT

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

Private Richard BUCHAN

4th SAI - Wounded

Died of wounds near Arras on the 11th April 1917 (Etaples Military Cemetery)

Private (Signaller) Ewan BUCHANAN

2nd SAI, A Coy

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

Private Joshua Isaac BUCKINGHAM

4th SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private B.W. BUCKLAND

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private Cedric Athol BUCKLE

2nd SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private M.J. BUCKLEY

1st SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 17th July

Private W.J. BUDGE

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private F.H. BULL

2nd SAI

Private W.A. BULL

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private Frederick Henry BULLER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

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

Sergeant H. BUNCE

Wounded

Private H. BUNCE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private George William BUNN

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

Private F. BUNT

4th SAI

Major Edward Travers BURGES

1st SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private B. BURGESS

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Lance Corporal E. BURGESS

4th SAI

Died of wounds on the 6th January 1918 (St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen)

Lieutenant Edwin John BURGESS

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Later awarded the Military Cross (as Captain)

Lance Corporal Frank BURGESS

2nd SAI

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

Lance Corporal W. BURGESS

2nd SAI

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

Lieutenant A.M. BURGOYNE

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 16th July

Private John BURLEIGH

4th SAI - Killed on the 15th July (London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval)

Lance Corporal M.F. BURLEY

2nd SAI

Killed in action (as Second Lieutenant) near Arras on the 25th December 1916 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery)

Private Douglas Ashley BURMAN

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

Private H.F. BURMEISTER

Wounded

Sergeant Dennis Lionel BURNE

2nd SAI

Brother of Basil Ernest Burne, also killed in action on the 12th October 1916.

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

Private J.A. BURNE

4th SAI

Private A. BURNETT

4th SAI - Wounded

Corporal J. BURNETT

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal H. BURNS

4th SAI

Private John BURNSIDE

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

Lance Corporal B.E. BURRELL

Wounded

Private G.E.F. BURRELL

Wounded

Private Thomas BURROW

3rd SAI, A Coy - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Private A. BURT

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Private F.T. BURT

4th SAI

Lance Sergeant Claude Fitzgerald S. BURTON

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Second Lieutenant Frederick William Severne BURTON

3rd SAI - Brigade Signallling Officer

Awarded the Military Cross for his conduct in front the Butte de Warlencourt in October 1916. Promoted Lieutenant.

In February 1918, transferred to the 5th Army Signalling Coy, Royal Engineers, then to the 24th Division Signalling Coy.

Private G.K. BURTON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Roy Cuthbert BURTON

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

Brother of Vivian Rowland Burton

Private Vivian Rowland BURTON

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

Brother of Roy Cuthbert Burton.

Lance Corporal Frances BUSSIO

Wounded on the 18th July

Private E.T. BUTCHARD

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private Frederick Claud BUTCHER

3rd SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 15th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Sergeant H.J. BUTLER

4th SAI, A Coy

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

Private Sam BUTLER

1st SAI - Died of wounds on the 17th July (La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)

Lance Corporal S. BUTLER

Wounded

Lance Corporal T.C. BUTLER

4th SAI

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

Private Thomas BYME

2nd SAI

Private Shirley Lionel BYMES

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J. BYRNS

2nd SAI