Identity
Person No.
15493
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
George
Initials
G
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
Mather And Gluckman
Unit History
Notes
Next of kin, T. A. Allen, of 14 Sutton Crescent, Durban, Natal, South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 12 C: named on photograph "Mather And Gluckman". 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 #92. 2nd Lieutenant MATHER, George, age 22, Force No , London Regiment: Born Bishopwearmouth, County Durham, England; a clerk before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served as a corporal (# 93) with the 1st South African Infantry Brigade in France; served with the 25th Battalion (Cyclists) LR in France; missing, presumed dead, near Lesboeufs on the Somme, France. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the DLI & St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorials & on family commemoration stone in Stamford Hill Cemetery, Durban.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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