Identity
Person No.
17358
Service No.
6137
Last Name
First Name
Ernest William
Initials
E W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Ernest George Moorcroft, of 168, Russell Rd., Port Elizabeth, and the late Mrs. Moorcroft. Born at Cradock, Cape Colony. Commemoration stone in CRADOCK, Deary Avenue, Municipal cemetery
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Ernest William MOORCROFT, 2nd SAI - Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Ernest William MOORCROFT, 2nd SAI - Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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