Identity
Person No.
22948
Service No.
3547
Last Name
First Name
Edgar Samuel
Initials
E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Military Service
Rank
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
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, Barton To Davey photograph
Notes
Son of Charles and Jane Sherwood, of Bucknell, Salop, England; husband of Joan Sherwood, of 422, Schoeman St., Pretoria. Born Bucknell, Shropshire, England. Served in the South African Campaign with Baden Powell's Police. A ticket examimer for South African Railways
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Barton To Davey photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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