Identity
Person No.
9906
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Walter James
Initials
W J
Date of Birth
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Was killed while displaying great gallantry. Tanner later recommended him for a special posthumous award. At the time only the VC could be awarded posthumously, so he was not recognised
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, photograph 1
Notes
Son of Hewson and Amelia Hill, of Coquidale, Elands Kop, Natal, South Africa. ***Believed to be the Unknown Lieutenant buried in Plot I. H. 7. in OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
Citations
LG Sup 1 June 1917 pg. 5430
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