Identity
Person No.
5028
Service No.
126430
Last Name
First Name
Leslie Sidney
Initials
L S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
XXXII. C. 6.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Son of Mrs. M. Davey, of Waterkloof, Pretoria. From the inscription on the plaque of the Leslie Davey Memorial Clock: "Leslie Davey Memorial Clock, presented to the Parkview Golf Club by Steve Pitts in fond memory of Leslie Davey, Club Champion 1940, who died on active service in North Africa on 01/11/1941 aged 21"
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
Died of Enteric Fever Lee Foster
Dedications
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