Identity
Person No.
24135
Service No.
2780
Last Name
First Name
Robert Alexander
Initials
R A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
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
Notes
Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Mary Stevens, of Durban, South Africa.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Robert Alexander STEVENS, 2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 25th July (Abbeville Communal Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Robert Alexander STEVENS, 2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 25th July (Abbeville Communal Cemetery)
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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 #139 Private STEVENS, Robert Alexander, age 24, Force No 2780, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Durban, Colony of Natal 12/5/1892; baptised Wesleyan – Methodist Chapel, Durban 25/2/1895; a blacksmith before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914 – 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA at Delville Wood July 1916; died of wounds. Buried/commemorated: Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. (Also, on St Mary’s Church, Greyville, Durban; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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