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Identity
Person No.
16859
Service No.
M/448
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
Unknown
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot dead, while peering over the edge of his trench
Military Service
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes

Son of Senator Chief Kayisa Ndiweni, an important Ndebele chief. Had a pregnant wife at home. ref. No Insignificant Part - The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War by Timothy J. Stapleton. & re Surname also recorded as NKULUNYELWA.

Research notes


16 Sep 2026, FirstName/Initials audit: this record carried the alternate-surname note 'or NKULUNYELWA' in its FirstName field, and its Initials 'O N' had then been derived from that note rather than from a forename (the "O" being the word "or"). The man has no recorded forename. The note has been moved to AddInfo, FirstName and Initials cleared, and the display Name reduced to the surname alone. No name information is lost -- the variant spelling is preserved as what it is, a note.

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***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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