Identity
Person No.
5795
Service No.
7890
Last Name
First Name
Edward Ross
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Dixon To Geraghty photograph
Notes
Son of the late Robert Felstead Dixon and Sarah Elizabeth Dixon, of Maritzburg, Natal. Also served in German South West Africa. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Dixon To Geraghty photograph". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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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 #34. Private DIXON, Edward Ross, age 33, Force No 7890, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Karkloof, Natal 1883; an engine driver with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; fought in Delville Wood in July 1916; killed in action in an unsuccessful attack on German defensive lines in front of the Butte de Warlencourt, Somme, France. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; on the SAR&H in Durban & Bloemfontein railway stations & on the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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