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Identity
Person No.
28756
Service No.
2124
Last Name
Wolseley 1
First Name
Ronald Wilkinson
Initials
R W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 679
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
19 April 1945 110
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as POW 169
Died whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Germany 200
Locality
Hannover, Niedersachsen 11
Cemetery
HANOVER WAR CEMETERY 11
Grave Reference
10. A. 3. 1
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Reginald G. and Lillian Wallace Wolseley, of Hillary, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. A shipping clerk.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): WOLSELEY, Ronald Wilkinson (Son of Reginald Gordon & Lillian Wallace (nee Fyffe) Wolseley, of Hillary, Natal.) (Hillary Primary School, Durban.) 2124 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 22/5/1920; a shipping clerk by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk; died whilst a prisoner of war in Germany. Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 19/04/1945 LY4B-XGK 24

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