Identity
Person No.
3976
Service No.
8479
Last Name
First Name
Timothy James
Initials
T J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood. The German 26th (Magdeburg) Regt attacked Longueval and in hand-to-hand fighting took the village again. At the same time the 153rd (Altenburg) Regt, with eight assault companies under Capt Bieler, attacked the northern perimeter
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
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Chisholm To De Reuck photograph
Notes
Son of the late Major T. Cleary (2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles) and Mrs. Cleary. Served in the South African Campaign. Served in the Boer War as a gunner in the RFA, then transferred to the SAC. Trooper Cleary remained in South Africa after the war and joined the Orange River Colony Police. He was stationed at Bloemfontein. Former South African Policeman
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Chisholm To De Reuck photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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