Identity
Person No.
3375
Service No.
968
Last Name
First Name
Arthur Dowley
Initials
A D
Date of Birth
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Brigadier-General Lukin was ordered to support the attack of the 11th Royal Scots [27th Brigade] on the orchard, situated in the northern sector of Longueval, between North Street and Flers Road. The Scots would attack along North Street while B and C Companies of the 1st SAI would attack northwards in the wood, parallel to the Royal Scots. The South African attack also failed. The enemy fire scythed down the advancing troops
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4
Notes
Son of Mary Ann Carlisle, of Plumstead, London, and the late Henry John Carlisle. Born Plumstead, London. An assistant librarian in Woolwich, London 1911. Emigrated to South Africa. Employed with Port Elizabeth Library. Commemoration stone in London (Plumstead) Cemetery. Commemorated on Port Elizabeth Library & the Port Elizabeth Cenotaph WWI Memorials.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 4". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
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