Identity
Person No.
14109
Service No.
75071V
Last Name
First Name
William Edward
Initials
W E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, during the advance to Florence, in the vicinity of the river Greve. He received a shrapnel wound to the femur on the 28 July, but died the next day
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of William Edward and Effie Lolotte Lyttle, of 413, Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born Greytown, Natal. An accountant. He was unmarried. His brother also died on service
Citations
LG Sup 15 December 1942 pg. 5449
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