Identity
Person No.
1828
Service No.
826
Last Name
First Name
Thomas Cecil
Initials
T C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
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
Notes
Son of T. P. and Alice Sarah Bird, of Durban.
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 #10. Private BIRD, Thomas Cecil, age 23, Force No 826, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Lady Frere, Cape Colony January 1893; a French polisher before enlistment served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA (shell gas poisoning) at Delville Wood, Somme, France; died of wounds. Buried/commemorated: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. (Also, on St Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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