Identity
Person No.
23626
Service No.
3512
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood
Military Service
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, Sackville To Stone photograph
Notes
Son of the late Thomas and Ann Smith, of Tycanoe, Llangenny, Breconshire.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, Sackville To Stone photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Driver William SMITH, 3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Driver William SMITH, 3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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