DELVILLE WOOD

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Lance Corporal Edwin Evens Cragg PADDON

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

Private A.E. PAGE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

Private R. PAGE

2nd SAI

Later awarded the Military Medal

Regimental Sergeant Major W.A. PAGET

2nd SAI

Private P. PAICE

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private H. PALMER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

Private P. PALMER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private S. PALMER

2nd SAI

Private T.A. PALMER

4th SAI -Wounded

Lance Corporal William E. PALMER

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

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

Wounded on the 8th February 1917.

Private George Hall PALPHRAMAND

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

Brother of Ralph Hall

Private Ralph Hall PALPHRAMAND

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

Brother of George Hall

Private A.R. PANK

Wounded

Private H.J. PAPENFUS

2nd SAI

Private A.P. PARK

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private John Allan PARKER

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

Private Leslie Thomas PARKER

1st SAI - Died of wounds on the 24th July (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery)

Private Thomas PARKES

1st SAI - Died of wounds on the 20th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lieutenant W.J. PARKINS

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

Private Joseph Goldie PARKINSON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Later awarded the Military Medal

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) at Gauche Wood on the 21st March 1918 (Pozieres Memorial)

Lance Corporal J. PARKS

2nd SAI

Private W.G.W. PARMINTER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private G.R. PARRY

4th SAI - Wounded

Private A.S. PARSONS

1st SAI

Lieutenant Cecil Braithwaite PARSONS

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

Private David Henry PARSONS

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

Acting Corporal H.G. PARSONSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private George PARTRIDGE

4th SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Died on the 1st November 1916 (Nunhead, All Saints, Cemetery, London)

Lance Corporal A.N.T. PASSMORE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private D.M. PATERSON

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private John PATERSON

4th SAI

Died of wounds on the 13th April 1917 (Etaples Military Cemetery)

Sergeant W. PATERSON

4th SAI

Private William PATERSON

4th SAI - Wounded

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

Corporal Julius PATMORE

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

Private G.T. PATON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Charles Henry PATRICK

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

Second Lieutenant David Balfour PATRICK

28th Brigade Machine Gun Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal L.L. PATRICK

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private James Richard PATTERSON

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

Private J.H.W. PATTERSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private R.D. PATTERSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private Theodore E. PATTERSON

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

Lance Corporal W.N.H. PATTERSON

3rd SAI - Wounded and taken prisoner

Private William PATTERSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Missing in action (as Corporal) in Wytschaete sector on the10th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private Charles Joseph PATTISON

1st SAI, B Coy

Brother of Victor Reginald.

Private Victor Reginald PATTISON

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

Brother of Charles Joseph.

Private A.J.K. PAUL

4th SAI

Private John PAUL

4th SAI - Killed on the 18th July (London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval)

Private P.T. PAUL

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Henry M. PAULS

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lieutenant A.L. PAXTON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Later mentioned in War Office Communiqués. Captain at the end of the War.

Private C.H. PAXTON

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private E.M. PAY

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J.H. PAYN

2nd SAI

Private A.C. PAYNE

2nd SAI, C Coy

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

Private Arthur Royle PAYNE

2nd SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 15th July (Serre Road Cemetery N°2)

Private George Jameson PAYNE

3rd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) in Kemmel  sector on the 5th May 1918 (Ploegsteert Memorial)

Private H.H. PAYNE

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Sergeant F. PEACOCK

4th SAI

Private Walter Frederick Cecil PEACOCK

2nd SAI

Private Arthur PEARCE

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

Acting Sergeant A.C. PEARCE

4th SAI

Lance Corporal David Charles PEARCE

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

Private E.E. PEARCE

2nd SAI

Private R.E. PEARCE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private T.S. PEARCE

2nd SAI

Private W.W. PEARD

4th SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal Archibald Robert PEARSHALL (or PEARSALL)

2nd SAI

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

Private F. PEARSON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Second Lieutenant S. PEARSON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Corporal William Robert Colquhoun PEARSON

3rd SAI - Killed on the 20th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private W.T. PEARSON

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major E.E. PEBBLE

2nd SAI

Private A.T. PEEKE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private A.W. PEEL

3rd SAI, C Coy

Private Cecil Charles PEEL

4th SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 19th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C.H. PEEL

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private W. PEEL

4th SAI - Wounded

Private William Robert PEGGS

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

Shell-shocked in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 17th October 1916. Discharged as medically unfit in 1917.

Private Christopher Guy PEMBERTON

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

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

Private C.F. PENNING

4th SAI

Private C.J. PEO

Wounded

Private H.W. PENNY

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private C.J. PEO

Wounded

Captain Arthur Llewellyn PEPPER

Brigade HQ

Later awarded the OBE (Military Division), the Military Cross, the Serbian Order of White Eagle (5th Class). Major at the end of the War.

Private J.E. PERKINS

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private Joseph Henry PERKINS

3rd SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Lieutenant W.J. PERKINS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal T. PERRIDGE

3rd SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal J. PERRIE

4th SAI

Later awarded the Military Medal

Lance Corporal E.E. PERRY

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

Sergeant G. PERRY

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

Private Harry PERRY

2nd SAI, C Coy

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

Private W. PERRY

2nd SAI

Private K.J. PERSHOUSE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private A.E. PETERSEN

4th SAI

Private Harry Glass PETRIE

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

Private H. PETTMAN

4th SAI - Wounded

Private J.N. PEYOVICH

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Ernest William PHELAN

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

Private Peter Begg PHILP

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

Private PHILLIPS

3rd SAI

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

Second Lieutenant Edward James PHILLIPS

1st SAI, attached to the Trench Mortar Battery - Wounded on the 19th July

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

Recommended for the DSO and awarded the Military Cross for his conduct at Delville Wood.

Died of wounds (sustained in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 13th October) on the 16th October 1916 (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private J. PHILLIPS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private L. PHILLIPS

2nd SAI

Private S.G. PHILLIPS

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private W.V. PHIPSON

2nd SAI

Private Stanley Samson PICKARD

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

Private J. PIERCE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private V.P. PIERET

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Waler Alex PIGDEN

4th SAI

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

Lance Corporal W.G. PIGGOTT

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

Acting Sergeant C.S. PIKE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private N.H. PIKE

1st SAI

Private James D. PILBROW

4th SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private E.W. PINNOCK

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Lance Corporal Robert PINNOCK

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

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

Private W. PINNOCK

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Charles Oswald PIRIE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Lieutenant D.A. PIRIE

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

Private Philip PITMAN

4th SAI - Died of wounds on the 1st August (Richmond Cemetery, Surrey)

Private Willam Philip PITOUT

2nd SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Discharged as medically unfit in 1917

Lance Corporal C.P. PITT

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private J. PITTAM

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private T. PITTAM

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal Charles Reeves PITTS

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 20th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Arthur Andrew PLANK

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

Killed in action near Arras on the 5th April 1917 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Private John PLAYSTEAD

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

Corporal Edward W.R. PLEASS

2nd SAI

Private Henry J.S. PLEASS

2nd SAI

Private Henry E.S. PLOWES

Wounded

Private E.S. PLOYVES

1st SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private R.A. PLUMMER

2nd SAI

Private James William POCOCK

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

Private Francis Edward POLE

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

Corporal C. POLE-CAREW

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private Campbell POLLOCK

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

Private Neil Morrison POLLOCK

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

Lance Corporal Thomas POLLOCK

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

Private H. PONTING

4th SAI - Wounded

Private George POOLE

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

Private William Henry POOLE

2nd SAI, B Coy

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

Killed in action on the 14th October 1917 (Dochy Farm New British Cemetery)

Private H. POPE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private Harold E. PORTEOUS

3rd 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 (as Second Lieutenant) near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery)

Lance Corporal Richard Unwin POSTLEWAITE

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded and taken prisoner

Lance Sergeant Gerald Daniel POTGIETER

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

Private W.C. POTTER

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

Private G.C.R. POULTNEY

Wounded

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Athies Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private V.F. POULTON

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded

Private E.H. POWELL

4th SAI

Private G. POWELL

4th SAI - Wounded

Lance Corporal H.E.W. POWELL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private F. POWER

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Major Mitchel Stanislaus POWER

South African Medical Corps, Medical Officer of the 4th SAI

Awarded the DSO for his work at Bernafay Wood and Longueval

Twice mentioned in Despatches during the War

Private John H. PRATT

2nd SAI, C Coy - Wounded

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

Wounded on the 4th April 1918

Company Sergeant Major Elgar Edward PREBBLE

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

Posthumously awarded the DCM for his conduct at Delville Wood.

Private H.J. PRENGER

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal D.P. PRENTICE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Walter PRENTICE

4th SAI

Awarded the Military Medal for his action as runner between the Brigade and battalions headquarters in Delville Wood

Killed in action (as Corporal) in Meteren Sector on the 6th July 1918 (La Kreule Military Cemetery)

Private William PRESTON

3rd SAI, B Coy, attached to the Trench Mortar Battery

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 J.P. PRETORIUS

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private A. PRICE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Frederick Charles PRICE

2nd SAI

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

Private H.A. PRICE

Wounded

Lieutenant Thomas Oscar PRIDAY

Adjudant of the 1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Acting Sergeant F.F. PRIME

2nd SAI

Lance Sergeant Albert PRIMOS

1st SAI

Sergeant H.J. PRINCE

3rd SAI, A Coy - Taken prisoner on the 20th July

Lance Corporal V. PRINCE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Lance Corporal William Rowland PRINCE

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

Private D.W. PRINGLE

4th SAI - Wounded

Killed in action (as Sergeant) at Beaurevoir (Aisne) on the 8th October 1918 (Beaurevoir British Cemetery)

Private Gideon George PRINGLE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

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

Major R.N. PRINGLE

South African Medical Corps, Brigade HQ, in command of the stretcher-bearers section

Awarded the DSO for his work at Longueval and Delville Wood

Twice mentioned in Despatches during the War

Private E.C. PRIOR

Wounded

Later mentioned in Despatches

Private H.G. PRITCHARD

2nd SAI

Private Henry Charles PRODEHL

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

Private G. PRYER

2nd SAI

Private H. PULFORD

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

Private E. PULLEN

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

Private W. PULLEN

2nd SAI

Private H.W. PURCELL

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Lance Corporal Ralph PURCELL

4th SAI, A Coy

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 22nd October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal D.A. PURDON

2nd SAI

Private Norman Cameron PURDON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

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

Corporal William Ogilvie PURVES

2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July (La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)

Private Guy Clifford PUSEY

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