Identity
Person No.
8982
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Ernst Albert Linsingen
Initials
E A L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Brigadier-General Lukin was ordered to support the attack of the 11th Royal Scots [27th Brigade] on the orchard, situated in the northern sector of Longueval, between North Street and Flers Road. The Scots would attack along North Street while B and C Companies of the 1st SAI would attack northwards in the wood, parallel to the Royal Scots. The South African attack also failed. The enemy fire scythed down the advancing troops
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
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1
Notes
Son of the Rev. Carl Hugo Hahn, late of Paarl, Cape Province, and Annie Hahn (nee Von Linsingen), of "Delville", Gordon's Bay, Cape Province. Also served in Egypt (Senussi Campaign). His brother also died on service
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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