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Identity
Person No.
24429
Service No.
7897
Last Name
Stumbles 2
First Name
Sydney Albert
Initials
S A
Date of Birth
04 February 1895 107
Est. Birth Year
1895 (±1 yr) 597
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
South African Infantry 5,581
Unit
2nd Regt. 1,351
Defence Force
UDF 22,701
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
12 October 1916 326
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action 783
Missing in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 4 C. 828
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569
Memorial
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15 Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Names on Pier and Face 4 C
Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
8 Rue de l'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Pier and Face 4 C
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15
Notes

Son of Mr. Christopher Washington and Mrs. Alberta Maggs Stumbles, of Balfour, Cape Province. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Attended St Andrew's College for one year only - from January to December 1912. Boarder in Armstrong House. Played in the Armstrong House 1st XI during the inter-house cricket matches. Confirmed in June 1912. Won a prize for Maths. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916. His brother also died in service. Commemoration stone in Balfour Main Cemetery, Eastern Cape

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.

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