DELVILLE WOOD

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Private F.W. FAHRENFORT

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private G. FAIRBAIRN

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private L.G. FAIRBAIRN

4th SAI

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

Died of Wounds on the 14th April 1917 (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)

Lance Corporal FAIRBAIRN

4th SAI, B Coy

Company Sergeant Major C.A. FALCONER

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal T.C. FALL

4th SAI

Private John Alexander FARISH

1st SAI -Wounded on the 16th July

Died of Wounds on the 15th April 1917 (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private Charles Samuel FARMAN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

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

Private S. FARQUHAR

2nd SAI

Private J.A. FARRISH

Wounded

Private Herbert FARROW

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Discharged as medically unfir later in the War

Sergeant J.W.H. FARROW

2nd SAI

Private Alfred FAULDER

4th SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 11th April 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private D. FAULDS

2nd SAI - Wounded

Brother of William Frederick.

Private William Frederick FAULDS

1st SAI, B Coy

Brother of D. Faulds.

Awarded the Victoria Cross for his conduct on the 18th and 20th July

Commissioned in May 1917. Taken prisoner at Marrieres Wood on the 24th March 1918

Private Ernest FAURE

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

Lance Corporal Frederick Walter FEAST

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

Second Lieutenant Clive FEATHERSTONE

1st SAI, B Coy

Wounded in October 1917 and March 1918 (as Captain in the Trench Mortar Battery)

Awarded the Military Cross in 1919 in Russia

Private Cecil FEATHERSTONE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private R.F. FELL

1st SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

Private J.S.C. FELMORE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private H.J. FELTON

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private William Henry FELTON

3rd SAI

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

Second Lieutenant Norman George FENIX

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Died of wounds (received in front the Butte de Warlencourt) on the 17th October 1916 (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension)

Signaller George Henderson FENNELL

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

Private C.E. FENNESSEY

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private G. FENTON

4th SAI

Private William Edward FENTON

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

Corporal G.L. FERNIE

2nd SAI

Private Bernadus Lambertes FERREIRA

2nd SAI - Wounded then Missing in action on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private B.P. FERRERS

4th SAI

Lance Corporal Charles Carlisle FICHAT

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 19th July (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)

Corporal J.L. FIDLER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private E. FIELD

2nd SAI

Private F.J. FIELD

4th SAI - Wounded

Private J.B. FIFE

Wounded

Private S. FIGG

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Arthur FILBY

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

Private Charles Bernard FILMER

2nd SAI

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

Private Francis William FILMER

2nd SAI, D Coy  - Wounded

Died of Wounds (as Corporal) on the 15th April 1917 (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)

Lance Corporal Eric Quirk FINCHAM

1st SAI

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 (Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private J.J. FINCHAM

1st SAI - Taken prisoner 

Lance Corporal J.C. FINDLAY

4th SAI

Private John Ogilvy FINDLAY

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St Larent-Blangy)

Lance Sergeant Christopher James FINDLAY

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

Corporal Robert FINLAY

4th SAI

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

Lance Corporal D.M. FISHER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private E.W. FISHER

2nd SAI

Sergeant M.H. FISHER

4th SAI

Private Thomas Frank FITCHETT

2nd SAI

Died of wounds (as Lance Corporal) on the 16th May 1918 (Richmond Cemetery, Surrey)

Private Edward Henry FITZ

2nd SAI HQ - Wounded on the 17th July

Recommended for the DCM and awarded the Military Medal for his action as Signaller at Bernafay Wood along with Dowthwaite (MM) and Mitchell (MM).

Mentioned in despatches twice during the War. Commissioned in March 1918 and transferred to the Royal Air Force.

Private M. FITZGERALD

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private W.E. FITZGERALD

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Percy James FITZSIMONS

4th SAI, D Coy

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 19th October 1916 (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

Private J.L. FIVAZ

1st SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

Died of wounds (received near Frezenberg) on the 23rd September 1917 (Mendinghem Military Cemetery)

Private Robert FIVAZ

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

Private Basil John Ingleby FLACK

2nd SAI

Brother of Wilfred Henry Flack (see below)

Killed in action (as Second Lieutenant) in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 12th October 1916  (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C. FLACK

4th SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private Wilfred Henry FLACK

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

Brother of Basil John Ingleby Flack (see above)

Lance Corporal William Nicholas FLANAGAN

3rd SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

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

Recommended for the DCM and awarded the Military Medal for his conduct at Delville Wood

Private E.G. FLAWN

3rd SAI, C Coy

Private Charles Creswell FLEAR

4th SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private Charles G.S. FLEE

Brigade HQ - Wounded

Private A.O. FLEMING

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Lieutenant Wilfred Hopley  FLEMMER

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

Lance Corporal W. FLEMMING

2nd SAI

Private Archibald McAllister FLETCHER

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

Private C.F. FLETCHER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Killed in action (as Sergeant) near Frezenberg on the 21st September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Lance Corporal J.A. FLETCHER

2nd SAI

Private J.F. FLETCHER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private S. FLETCHER

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private H.G. FLICK

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Thomas Nuttall FLITCROFT

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

Private W. FLORENS

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal H.S. FLYNN

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private L. FLYNN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Frank FOADEN

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

Private R.V. FOCK

Medical services - Wounded

Private Aubrey James FOCKENS

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

Private R.B.  FOCKENS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private G.W. FODEN

2nd SAI

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private H.J.  FOORD

3rd  SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Captain (Medical Officer) Alastair Gordon FORBES

Medical Services

Later awarded the Military Cross

Corporal A.P.  FORBES

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Gordon W. FORBES

2nd SAI, A Coy, attached to the Trench Mortar Battery

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

Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and commissioned.

Killed in action on the 18th October 1917 flying on DH8 of the 24th Squadron - during his first operational flight (Larch Wood, Railway Cutting, Cemetery, Ypres)

Private J. FORBES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Later awarded the Military Medal

Sergeant J.M.N. FORBES

4th SAI

Sergeant W.C. FORBES

4th SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Sergeant E.A. FORD

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private H.D. FORD

Wounded

Private J.E. FORD

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private M. FORD

2nd SAI

Private W.J. FORD

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Lance Corporal William George Symons FORDER

4th SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Died (as Second Lieutenant) of wounds (received near Frezenberg) on the 22nd September 1917 (Nine Elms British Cemetery)

Acting Sergeant J.H.E. FORDHAM

2nd SAI

Private J.L. FORMAN

4th SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal (as Lance-Sergeant)

Private Victor Julian FORREST

2nd SAI

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

Private W.J.P. FORREST

2nd SAI

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 (Villers Station Cemetery)

Second Lieutenant John Matheson FORRESTER

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Died (as Lieutenant) of wounds (received in front the Butte de Warlencourt) on the 12th October 1916 (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

Private Henry Charles Upton FORSBROOK

2nd SAI - Wounded

Died of wounds on the 22nd December 1916 (Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private P.L. FORT

2nd SAI

Private W.V. FORTH

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

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

Private J.A. FOSTER

4th SAI

Private M.S. FOSTER

Wounded

Private S. FOSTER

2nd SAI

Private G.G. FOUCHE

2nd SAI

Private M.P. FOUCHE

Wounded

Private S.P. FOUCHE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private W. FOULKES

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private H.A. FOURACRES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private H.F. FOURACRES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private A.J. FOURIE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private C.J. FOURIE

Wounded

Private Johan Jakob FOURIE

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

Private H.L. FOWLE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private A. FOWLER

4th SAI

Private Frank FOWLER

Wounded

Private W.L. FOWLER

3rd  SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private E. FOX

2nd SAI

Private W. FOX-ELLIS

2nd SAI

Killed in action on the 25th December 1917 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Private Neville Harcourt FRANCIS

1st SAI, C Coy - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Died of wounds (serving in the Trench Mortar Battery) on the 16th December 1917 (Fins New British Cemetery)

Private Joseph Thomas James FRANCKLOW

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

Private Charles Newton FRANK

3rd  SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Brother of Henry Reive Herman Frank. Discharged as medically unfit

Private Henry Reive Herman FRANK

3rd  SAI, B Coy - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Brother of Charles Newton Frank. Died of malnutrition soon after the end of the war

Private D.A. FRANKENSTEIN

3rd  SAI - Wounded

Private Norman Edward FRANKISH

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

Private C.H. FRANKLIN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private G.R. FRANKS

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner

Lance Corporal A.E. FRANKSPITT

3rd  SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private C.A.W. FRASER

3rd  SAI - Wounded

Private C.F. FRASER

Wounded

Private C.H. FRASER

2nd  SAI - Wounded

Private Clement James FRASER

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

Private C.W. FRASER

2nd  SAI

Private Donald FRASER

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

Brother of William Fraser, 3rd SAI, taken prisoner in Delville Wood on the 15th July.

Private Donald FRASER

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Arras on the 26th February 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private G. FRASER

4th SAI

Private H.S. FRASER

4th SAI - Wounded

Sergeant John FRASER

4th SAI

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

Private John FRASER

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

  Private J. FRASER

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private K. FRASER

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private S. FRASER

Wounded

Private T. FRASER

4th SAI

Private William FRASER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 15th July

Brother of Donald Fraser, 3rd SAI, declared missing in action in Delville Wood.

Private C.E. FREAKS

Wounded

Private B. FREEMAN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private E. FREEMANTLE

3rd SAI - Wounded

Sergeant John FRENCH

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

Private Michael Daniel FRIEDENTHAL

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner and died of wounds on the 2nd August (Le Cateau Military Cemetery)

Private N.P. FRONEMAN

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

Private S.H. FROST

Wounded

Private C.E. FUGE

2nd  SAI

Private D.J. FULLARD

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private Stanley Morris FULLER

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

Private B.W. FURMIDGE

2nd  SAI

Private C.A. FURMIDGE

1st  SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Second Lieutenant P.W. FURMIDGE

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Corporal R. FURNISS

2nd  SAI - Wounded

Private J.L. FURZE

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

Private J. FYFE

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded

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

Private Dudley Beresford Hodd FYNN

3rd SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 16th July (London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval)

Lance Corporal H.S. FYNN

3rd SA - Wounded on the 17th July