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Identity
Person No.
2946
Service No.
2149V
Last Name
Buckley 7
First Name
Cecil Charles
Initials
C C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
25 April 1945 108
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
VI, C, 4. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
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 Mrs. H. Buckley, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

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"): BUCKLEY, Cecil Charles M.M. & Bar (Son of Algernon Sidney & Hester Buckley, of PMB.) (Boys Model School, PMB; Maritzburg College 1938; Durban High School.) 2149 V Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born OFS 18/9/1922; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action in the Po valley. Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Durban High School; Maritzburg College & the RDLI WWII Memorials.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 25/04/1945 PSJP-HTF 22
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 22 vs ROH 23.

Citations

LG Sup 19 April 1945 pg. 2075; 1st Bar LG Sup 23 August 1945 pg. 4269

LG Sup 19 April 1945 pg. 2075 p.2075
LG Sup 19 April 1945 pg. 2075 p.2075
Gazette page
LG Sup 23 August 1945 pg. 4269 p.4269
LG Sup 23 August 1945 pg. 4269 p.4269
Gazette page
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