Identity
Person No.
13808
Service No.
9336
Last Name
First Name
Joshua Staples
Initials
J S
Date of Birth
Age at Death
25
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 11
Notes
Son of Ebenezer and Helen James Long, of Seven Fountain, Highlands, Grahamstown, Cape Province; husband of Jessie Gertrude Long, of Butterworth, Transkei
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. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
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