Identity
Person No.
7404
Service No.
1354V
Last Name
First Name
George Howard
Initials
G H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, head wounds, fractured skull, received on 27 June in an engagement with German Mk-IV tanks in the vicinity of Chiusi, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"C" Squadron
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of George A. and Emily Foss; husband of Dorothy Minnie Eileen Foss, of "Weathering Heights", Van Reenen, Natal, South Africa. Father of Robert George Foss and Noel Howard Foss. Born in Durban. A sports dealer by profession. Educated at Hilton College. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial.
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Pinetown Roll of Honour confirms exactly: Sergt G.H. Foss, Natal Mounted Rifles, died of wounds 28-06-1944 in Italy -- played rugby for Pinetown, cricket for the NMR, attended Hilton College. Named on the Wayside Cross, Pinetown.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum)
Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum), Wayside Cross
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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