Identity
Person No.
1335
Service No.
1601
Last Name
First Name
Edward Rooksby
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8
Notes
Son of Robert William and Mary Ann Baxter, of 31, Connaught Avenue, East London, Cape Province. Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July 1916 in Delville Wood. Survived Hex River Train Disaster 1914.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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