Identity
Person No.
10751
Service No.
4610
Last Name
First Name
Jacob Andreas Grafton
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Iver and Margrethe Iversen, of 20, Silver Avenue, Durban, Natal.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Jacob Andreas IVERSEN, 2nd SAI - Wounded, Killed near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
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Private Jacob Andreas IVERSEN, 2nd SAI - Wounded, Killed near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #70. Private IVERSEN, Jacob Andreas Grafton, age 25, Force No 4610, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Colony of Natal 28/4/1892; confirmed at St. Olav’s 1908; a salesman before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914 – 1915. He served with a machine gun section in the 2nd Regiment in Egypt & France; WIA at Mersa Matruh, Egypt 23/1/1916; WIA in the Battle of Delville Wood in July 1916; killed in action, in an unsuccessful attack on German defensive lines at Fampoux, duri… Buried/commemorated: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Rouex, Pas de Calais, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban WWI Cenotaphs.) (Also, in a WWI Memorial pamphlet produced by St Olav’s Church, Durban 27/9/1918.…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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