Identity
Person No.
3
Service No.
378
Last Name
First Name
Thomas Walter
Initials
T W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
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 Mrs. Elizabeth Ann and the late Thomas Abbey, of 146, Cathcart Rd., Queenstown, Cape Province. His brother also died in service
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private T.W. ABBEY, 2nd SAI – KIA 12 April 1917, Point du Jour Military Cemetery"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private T.W. ABBEY, 2nd SAI – KIA 12 April 1917, Point du Jour Military 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 #1 Private ABBEY, Thomas Walter, age 36, Force No 378, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Queenstown. a painter before enlistment; served with the DLI in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action in an unsuccessful attack on German defensive positions east of Fampoux, Rouex, France during the Battle of Arras. Buried/commemorated: Point du Jour Military Cemetery, Athies, Pas de Calais, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.) (His brother David Robert Abbey also died in WWI.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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