Identity
Person No.
23633
Service No.
2994
Last Name
First Name
Walter Cecil
Initials
W C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
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
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16
Notes
Son of Amelia Smith, of Observatory Road, Cape Town. On ROH plaque in Christ Church in Mayfair
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Walter Cecil SMITH, 1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Walter Cecil SMITH, 1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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