Identity
Person No.
21275
Service No.
13041
Last Name
First Name
Edward William
Initials
E W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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Notes
Son of Eliza Birnie Reid, of Deemount, Harding, Alfred County, Natal, and the late John Reid. (Served as William DIXON).
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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 #120 Private REID, Edward William, age 35, Force No 13041, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Izingolweni, Colony of Natal circa 1882; a farmer in Harding before enlistment; served as a Trooper (#222) with the Border Mounted Rifles & the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment in the ABW 1899- 1902; served with Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action, near Gauche Wood, near Peronne, France. Buried/commemorated: Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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