Identity
Person No.
23503
Service No.
7263
Last Name
First Name
Fleming William
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15
Notes
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Jane Smith, of 306, Cowey Rd., Durban, Natal. Born Durban. An electrical improver. Also served in German South West Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
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 #134 135 Private Lance Corporal SMITH, Fleming William, age 19, Force No 7263, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Durban 29/11/1896; worked as an electrical improver / apprentice electrician for the Durban Municipality before enlistment; served with Durban Light Infantry in the 1914 Rebellion and in GSWA in 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action in Delville Wood, Longueval, Somme, France. (Body never recovered) Served with Durban Light Infantry in the 1914 Rebellion and in GSWA in… Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban High School; the Durban Cenotaph; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Corporation (in th…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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