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ON THIS DAY

18 July

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 18 July

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
44615Burgher Adriaan (P/Sn) Uys, Danie Theron Scouts Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, Mooihoek, Bethlehem.
1903
38267Sergeant Ernest Castel Haddo Wilson, 17900, Eastern Cape (Natal Police), aged 43. Died of heart failure after pneumonia.
1915
16300Mechanician John James Meading, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 31. Died of syncope following Bright's disease.
1916
159Labourer Leonard Adams, 15249, South African Labour Corps, aged 40. Died of fractured spine.
1916
365Private Francis Allen, 6143, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
415Private James Alsop, 5717, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 47. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
480Private Robert Anderson, 7296, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
902Private William Ernest Bailey, 1519, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1013Private Herbert Alfred Bambury, 1172, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1049Private Walter Arthur Henry Bansemer, 1639, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1143Private Edwin Barnes, 8653, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1200Private Joseph Barrett, 1618, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.
1916
1243Private Herbert Wilfred Bartley, 304, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1248Driver Kito Bartman, 6556, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of diabetes, at Morogoro.
1916
1252Second Lieutenant Alfred Richard Barton, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1448Private Eric Wilhelm Beeton, 2442, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 16. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1494Lieutenant Charles Stewart Bell, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1534Corporal William Belshaw, 1367, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1599Lance Corporal Walter Arthur Bennett, 6287, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1618Private Gilbert Edward Bentley, 1744, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1782Private William Rushmer Shelton Bicheno, 3570, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
1828Private Thomas Cecil Bird, 826, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds, shell gas poisoning, received at Delville Wood.
1916
2307Private Stephen Andrew Bothma, 3912, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
2517Private Lawrence Wallace Breakey, 1568, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
2665Private Ernest John Brodie, 2054, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
2719Private Aaron William John Brookstein, 3906, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
2942Private Cedric Athol Buckle, 5629, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3031Major Edward Travers Burges, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Clive Featherstone (1st Bn B Coy) was still holding on in Strand Street. With him was Capt Percy John Jowett, 29 (1st Bn A Coy). Featherstone recalled: "Major Burges sent his orderly to call me to instruct me about a withdrawal. Captain Jowett of C Company went with me. We found that Major Burges had been killed by another shell bursting over his head".
1916
3056Private Douglas Ashley Burman, 5010, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3089Private John Burnside, 3420, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3110Lance Sergeant Claude Fitzgerald Somerville Burton, 1916, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3421Private Percy Wilfred Carpenter, 5343, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3461Private Alfred George Carter, 2561, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3605Lance Corporal William Chaney, 1988, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3666Private George William Cheek, 6261, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3704Private Thomas Arthur Chichester, 3004, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3864Private Bertie Clack, 5991, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3876Private William Henry Clarence, 3913, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
3976Private Timothy James Cleary, 8479, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action, at Delville Wood. The German 26th (Magdeburg) Regt attacked Longueval and in hand-to-hand fighting took the village again. At the same time the 153rd (Altenburg) Regt, with eight assault companies under Capt Bieler, attacked the northern perimeter.
1916
3979Lance Corporal Claude William Clegg, 1976, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4008Private Joseph Cline, 926, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4064Private Edwin Albert Coad, 5807, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4322Private Arthur Edward John Comerford, 2973, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of haemothorax gas gangrene.
1916
4427Corporal Edwin George Coombe, 3466, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4562Private Alfred Edward Couzens, 5398, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4854Private James Cusack, 1125, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4889Private Collins Dale, 3001, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4906Corporal Thomas Archibald Hugh Dall, 3722, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
4951Private Angelo Joseph Dania, 4068, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5065Private William George Davids, 2923, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5138Private Frank Davis, 6207, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5144Private Harry Davis, 4328, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5154Private Rodney William Davis, 6078, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5158Private Theodore Davis, 2991, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5214Lance Corporal Archibald Louie Dayton, 43, 4th (South African Horse), aged 31. Died of blackwater fever.
1916
5723Private James Lloyd Dignam, 2376, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 45. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5754Private Herbert Oswald Dingley, 4694, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5892Private Robert Conn Donnell, 860, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.
1916
5964Private Thomas Arthur Downey, 7984, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
5978Private Douglas Dennis Doyle, 7272, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action, at Delville Wood, believed killed by sniper.
1916
6307Private Michael John Dunneen, 389, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6329Private Leonard Dusting, 6978, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6404Private Frederick Lewis Archibald Eaton, 4646, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6476Private Harold Edwards, 3015, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6513Private Frederick Ehke, 2956, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6550Lieutenant Harry George Elliot, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Germans attacked them from the rear through the wood.
1916
6554Private Edward Francis Elliott, 1577, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6558Private Henry Elliott, 1448, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6822Private Theophilus Jones Evans, 3482, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6839Private Charles Ewan, 3577, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.
1916
6850Private Frederick Eyden, 1692, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
6954Private Ernest Faure, 2531, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7144Lance Sergeant Christopher James Findlay, 1114, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7255Lieutenant Wilfred Hopley Flemmer, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7258Private Archibald McAllister Fletcher, 7365, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7294Private Frank Foaden, 6275, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7749Private Stanley Morris Fuller, 3195, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
7773Private Cyril Arthur Furmidge, 3965, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8207Private Ralph Collie Smith Gillon, 62, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8304Private Edward Bertram Going, 5025, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8359Private William Hewlett Goodacre, 1147, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8672Private Harry Arthur Green, 2703, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8726Private Edward Wormald Gregory, 4219, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8841Private William Adrian Groenewald, 3621, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
8915Private Frank Gurney, 1143, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9015Lance Corporal Eden Lashley Hall, 4105, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9081Private Joseph Welsey Hamilton, 1638, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9103Lance Corporal Harold John Hammond, 2712, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9261Private Charles Augustus Harris, 3587, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9314Private Guy Alexander Harrison, 83, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9487Private William Hawkins, 6508, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9577Private Cecil Edward Heathcote, 3973, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9800Private William Henry Routledge Hewett, 1163, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
9947Sergeant Edward Joseph Hinton, 1768, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
10252Private Eric Wilson Hopper, 2056, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
10255Captain Wallace Frank Hoptroff, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Frank Marillier (2nd Bn C Coy) owed his life to a courageous officer: "July 18th. Absolute hell turned inside out. I never expected to get out whole. Shells dropped everywhere. We got orders to return in the afternoon late. I think, in fact I am almost sure, that our lives were saved when a very brave officer, Capt Hoptroff (2nd Bn D Coy), made his way to our position. He wasted no time. "Get out! Get out!" he said, and was almost immediately hit by a bullet and killed outright. It is strange how in the most urgent and tragic circumstances, one notices things of minor importance.".
1916
10300Private Walter Basil Horsley, 3086, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
10509Corporal Patrick Robertson Hume, 3978, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
10619Private John Wilmot Hutton, 2555, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, at Delville Wood.
1916
10650Private Lawrence Godfrey Immelman, 4791, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing in action, at Delville Wood.

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