Identity
Person No.
1794
Service No.
6043
Last Name
First Name
George Sydney
Initials
G S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
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
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3
Notes
Husband of Edith Biggs and father of three children, of Durban Welfare House, Farewell Street, Durban. Was by profession an Engineer and attested in Cornwall at the age of 34. He previously served with the Royal Engineers in the Anglo-Boer War. He was one of those many South African casualties who "disappeared" during the Battle of Delville Wood.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 3". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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