Identity
Person No.
6822
Service No.
3482
Last Name
First Name
Theophilus Jones
Initials
T J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
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, Dixon To Geraghty photograph
Notes
Son of Harry Evans, of 136 Gordon Road, Durban
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 #43. Private EVANS, Theophilus Jones, age 19, Force No 3482, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales 1897; a clerk before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914- 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in Egypt & France; missing in action at Delville Wood, Somme, France. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on St Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry; The Berea Congregational Church, Musgrave & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorial…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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