DELVILLE WOOD

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Private S.L.P. GABRIELSON

4th SAI - Wounded

Private G. GADD

4th SAI

Lance Corporal Norman McNab GAISFORD

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

Lance Corporal P.J. GALL

4th SAI

Private D.C GALLANGHER

2nd SAI -Wounded

Private H.H. GAMBLE

4th SAI - Attached to the trench mortar battery

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

Private D. GARDINER

4th SAI - Wounded

Private William Charles GARDNER

2nd SAI

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

Private E. GARGAN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Lance Corporal Frederick L. GARLAND

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

Recommended for the DCM and awarded the Military Medal for his action during the fighting in the northern part of the wood on the 15th July.

Private Oliver Muir GARSON

2nd SAI

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

Lance Corporal T. GARSTANG

2nd SAI

Corporal Horace William GARTON

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

Lance Corporal W.B. GASCOYNE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private A.H. GASKON

2nd SAI

Later awarded the Military Medal (as Lance Corporal)

Private Frederick Maurice GATELY

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

Private A.W. GATES

Wounded

Private H.F. GAUL

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private Hilton Norman GAYLARD

2nd SAI

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

Corporal L.T. GEACH

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Lawrence Arthur GEBHARDT

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

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

Died at sea on the 4th November 1917 (Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton)

Sergeant G. GEDDES

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private A.J. GEDDIE

2nd SAI

Major Harry Herbert Allan GEE

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

Private J.E. GEEREKE

2nd SAI

Private A.B. GELDENHUIS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private H.R. GELDENHUYS

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded and taken prisoner

Private A. GEMMEL

4th SAI - Wounded

Sergeant A.J. GEODES

4th SAI

Private L.F. GEORGE

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Private Cyril Philip GERAGHTY

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

Lance Corporal G. GERICKE

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private R. GIBB

4th SAI

Private V.J.B. GIBB

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Private H.S. GIBBON

3rd SAI, D Coy

Private R.H.A. GIBBS

4th  SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private Edwin William GIBSON

4th SAI  - Wounded

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

Lance Corporal Frederick William GIBSON

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

Private K.S. GIBSON

Wounded

Private R.A. GIBSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Walter GIDDY

2nd SAI

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

Private Edward William GILBERT

2nd SAI

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

Private Cyril Rosser GILES

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 P. GILGAN

2nd SAI

Private C.L. GILHAM

2nd SAI

Sergeant W.J. GILLESPIE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Corporal S.L. GILLINGS

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

Private Ralph Collie Smith GILLON

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

Corporal G. GILLSON

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private F. GILLWARD

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private O.J. GIMBER

Medical services - Wounded

Lance Corporal E.W. GLASCOCK

2nd SAI

Later awarded the French Croix de Guerre

Private J. GLASGOW

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private C. GLASS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private John GLASSON

3rd SAI - Missing in action on the 15th July  (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal Francis GLAZEBROOK

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

Private F.E. GLAZIER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private Ronald Cecil GLEAVES

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

Private C.M.G. GLENCROSS

Wounded

Later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (as Sergeant) and mentioned in War Office communiqués

Private A.T. GLISSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private O. GLOSS

4th SAI

¨Private L.C. GLOVER

2nd SAI

Private L. GLUCKMAN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Lance Corporal Reginald Bultitude GODFREY

2nd SAI - Wounded

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

Private Edward Bertram GOING

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

Private Percy Clark GOLD

2nd SAI

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 12th October 1916 (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

Lance Corporal Alexander Wilson GOLDIE

4th SAI

Died of wounds on the 16th April 1917 (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private D.M. GOLDSTEIN

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Lance Corporal F.J. GOOD

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

Private W.H. GOODACRE

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

Private A. GOODEN

2nd SAI

Private J.A. GOODING

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private John Harry GOODING

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

Sergeant A.L. GOODMAN

Wounded

Private W.J. GOODRICH

Medical Services - Wounded

Private A.W. GOODRUM

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private A.W. GOODWIN

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private G.R. GOODWIN

3rd SAI, D Coy - Wounded 

Sergeant H. GOODWIN

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private H. GOODWIN

Wounded

Private D.A. GOODYEAR

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private F.W. GOOSE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private C.W. GORDON

Wounded

Private G. GORDON

4th SAI

Private G.W. GORDON

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private H.R.R. GORDON

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private J.H. GORDON

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 15th July

Private William Henry GORDON

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 4th August ( Lyne, Holy Trinity, Churchyard, Surrey)

CQMS J.B. GORIE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private J.S. GORIE

Wounded

Private A.T. GORING

4th SAI

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

Private A.G. GOSLETT

Wounded

Private Bertie Vincent GOUGH

2nd SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private J.V. GOUGH

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Frederick George GOVAN

3rd SAI

Later awarded the D.C.M.

Second Lieutenant Hugh Wilfred GOVE

3rd SAI - Missing in action on the 21st July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Thomas Porteous GOW

4th SAI - Died of wounds on the 27th July (Abbeville Communal Cemetery)

Private E.F. GOWAR

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Second Lieutenant D.J.W. GOWIE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th july

Private J. GRADWELL

Wounded

Private GRADY

Wounded

Captain Ernest Edgar Daniel GRADY

4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 19th July

Later Mentioned in Despatches

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

Private Alexander GRAHAM

4th SAI - taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private William GRAHAM

2nd SAI

Killed in action near Wytschaete on the 11th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private William Greig GRAHAM

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

Private J. GRAINGER

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private H. GRANGER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J.L. GRANGER

Wounded

Private John Leslie GRANGER

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

Recommended for the DCM and awarded the Military Medal

Captain S. GRANGER

Medical services- Wounded

Private H.L. GRANT

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private A. GRANT

2nd SAI

Private Arthur Douglas GRANT

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 18th January 1917 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Private John GRANT

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

Lance Corporal J.H. GRANT

1st  SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private W. GRANT

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Lance Corporal W.G. GRANT

4th SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private John James GRAVELL

2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 15th July (La Neuville British Cemetery)

Private G.M. GRAVETT

Wounded

Private S.H. GRAVETT

4th SAI

Private A. GRAY

2nd SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal

Private A. GRAY

4th SAI

Private E.C. GRAY

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Francis Hatfield GRAY

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 21st July (La Neuville British Cemetery)

Private Robert C. GRAY

4th SAI - Died of wounds on the 17th July (Ovillers Military Cemetery)

Captain William Johnston GRAY

2nd  SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 15th July (Sucrerie Military Cemetery)

Awarded the Long Service Medal

Lance Corporal P.F. GREEF

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private A. GREEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private A.C. GREEN

4th  SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Wytschaete on the 17th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Lance Corporal A.D. GREEN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Second Lieutenant E. GREEN

2nd  SAI

Private E.M.L. GREEN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private E.S. GREEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

F.G. GREEN

Second Lieutenant Garnet George GREEN

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

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

Recommanded for a mention in despatches and awarded the Military Cross for his conduct at Delville Wood

Won a bar to his MC at Arras in April 1917. Promoted Captain in January 1918

Killed in action at Gauche Wood on the 22nd March 1918 (Pozières Memorial)

Private G.L. GREEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

  Private G.W. GREEN

2nd SAI

Private Harry Arthur GREEN

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

Private H.G. GREEN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private J.J. GREEN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private R. GREEN

3rd SAI

Taken prisoner on the 24th August 1916

Private R.B. GREEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private P.R. GREENBOUGH

2nd  SAI - Wounded

Later awarded the Military Medal

Died of wounds (as Corporal) at Gauche Wood on the 22nd March 1918 (Pozières Memorial)

Lieutenant Lovell GREENE

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Slightly wounded at Bernafay Wood on the 10th July. Recommended for the DSO and awarded the Military Cross for his action at Delville Wood.

In April 1918, as Captain, assumed command of the 2nd SAI at Messines and was awarded the DSO (also mentioned in despatches).

Private A.E. GREENER

2nd  SAI

Private C.W. GREENER

2nd  SAI - Taken prisoner on the 20th July

Lance Corporal W.J. GREENISH

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 19th September 1917 (Tyne Cot Cemetery)

Private J.E. GREENSILL

3rd  SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private E.G.N. GREENWAY

Wounded

Private E.N. GREENWAY

4th  SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal Edward William Henry GREENWAY

4th  SAI - Died of wounds on the 17th July (Dive Copse British Cemetery)

Corporal Ernest Mark GREENWOOD

4th  SAI

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

Private John Quayle GREGGOR

4th SAI, B Coy

Private Edward Wormald GREGORY

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

Private C.H.R. GREY

Wounded

Lieutenant R.D. GRIERSON

4th SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 21st July

Pipe Corporal Alexander Sandy GRIEVE

4th SAI, C Coy

Private L. GRIEVE

Wounded

Private O.N. GRIFFIN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Theophilus Herman GRIFFIN

2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July  (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A.J. GRIFFITHS

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Eric G. GRIFFITHS

2nd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 17th July

Lance Corporal G.R. GRIFFITHS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 14th July

Brother of Stanley.

Sergeant Stanley GRIFFITHS

1st SAI, B Coy

Brother of G.R. Griffiths.

Private William GRIGG

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

Private John GRIMES

1st SAI, A Coy

Private Robert J. GRIMSDELL

4th SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Francis Richard GRIMSLEY

4th SAI

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

Sergeant T.A.J. GRIMSTEAD

4th SAI

Private W.A. GROENEWALD

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

Private C.C. GROENEWALD

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private A. GROSS

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Second Lieutenant Sidney J. GUARD

3rd SAI - Wounded and taken prisoner on the 19th July

Lieutenant C.M. GUEST

4th SAI HQ - Wounded

Private J. GULLIVER

2nd SAI

Private A. GUNN

2nd SAI

Private H.J. GUNN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private A.A. GUNNING

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private Frank GURNEY

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

Private D.G. GUTHRIE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private John Gilbert GUTHRIE

28th Brigade Machine Gun Coy - Killed in action on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private T.S. GUTRIDGE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Company Sergeant Major T.E.C. GYLES

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July