Identity
Person No.
13430
Service No.
4434
Last Name
First Name
Albert
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
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 11
Notes
Son of Eliza Letley and brother of Mr. A. E. Letley, of Bethlehem, Orange Free State.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 11". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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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 #85. Private LETLEY, Albert, age 22, Force No 4434, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Rochester, Kent, England 1894; a hairdresser before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914- 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action at Delville Wood, Longueval, Somme, France. (Body never recovered.) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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