Identity
Person No.
21692
Service No.
3932
Last Name
First Name
Valentine Mansergh
Initials
V M
Date of Birth
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Age at Death
19
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench
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Son of Mansergh Dias Robinson, of Johannesburg. Born 15/2/1897. Joined Overseas Contingent in 1915 and served through the Senussi campaign in Egypt, after surviving the horrors of Delville Wood he was killed in action on 18th October, 1916. He had just been selected for a commission in the Artillery and was awaiting orders to go to England for a course of instruction. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At St. Andrew's from July, 1910-December, 1914. Rugby and cricket colours.
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South African War Graves Project