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Delville Wood South African National Memorial

South Africa's national memorial to its First World War dead, on the site of the Battle of Delville Wood (15 July - 3 September 1916), where the 1st South African Infantry Brigade suffered over 80% casualties defending the wood. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculptor Alfred Turner, inaugurated 1926; a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2023 as part of the Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front). Delville Wood Cemetery (CWGC), containing the graves of South African and other Commonwealth dead recovered from the battlefield, stands on the same ground behind the memorial; most Delville Wood dead have no known grave and are commemorated instead on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme (see Memorial #4).

Location: Delville Wood, near Longueval, Somme, France

Address: Delville Wood, 80360 Longueval, France

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The Delville Wood South African National Memorial. Photo: Harm Frielink, public domain / CC, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:049_South_Afican_Memorial,_Delville_Wood_France.jpg)
The Delville Wood South African National Memorial. Photo: Harm Frielink, public domain / CC, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
Approach to the memorial. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delville_Wood_South_African_National_Memorial_(September_2010)_1.JPG)
Approach to the memorial. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
Front of the central monument, with the English inscription. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delville_Wood_South_African_National_Memorial_(September_2010)_10.JPG)
Front of the central monument, with the English inscription. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
Wide view of the memorial from the rear. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delville_Wood_South_African_National_Memorial_(September_2010)_14.JPG)
Wide view of the memorial from the rear. Photo: Carcharoth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo

Names 83

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Panel Date of Death
28766 Wood Ernest E Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. D. 7.
 1916-07-18
28567 Willson William Edward W E Company Sergeant Major South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXXI. C. 4.
 1916-07-18
27594 Walker John Blackadder J B Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
I. B. 3.
 1916-07-18
27575 Wales William Theodore Robson W T R Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
II. I. 9.
 1916-07-15
26516 Van Blerk Cecil C Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. C. 8.
 1916-07-18
26136 Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. I. 10.
 1916-07-15
25594 Tubbs William Henry W H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
V. E. 10.
 1916-07-17
25192 Thorburn Robert Brown R B Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
II. G. 10.
 1916-07-18
24983 Theobald Wilfred C R W C R Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VI. L. 2.
 1916-07-18
24924 Tennant William Hawthorn W H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VI. L. 3.
 1916-07-16
24713 Taljaard John James J J Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. L. 6.
 1916-07-18
24404 Stuart Charles Henry C H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. H. 10.
 1916-07-18
23774 Somerset Francis Henry F H Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VI. I. 2.
 1916-07-18
23674 Sneddon Livingstone Hastie L H Company Sergeant Major South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. I. 3.
 1916-07-19
22530 Scott Geoffrey Lawrence G L Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. G. 6.
 1916-07-18
21763 Rogerson Sidney Charles S C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. K. 10.
 1916-07-16
21560 Roberts Alfred Eben A E Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. J. 4.
 1916-07-18
20956 Rafter Edward Warrwick E W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XVIII. P. 9.
 1916-07-19
20796 Pulford Horace H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. L. 7.
 1916-07-18
19975 Perkins Joseph Henry J H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. P. 3.
 1916-07-16
19857 Pearce Arthur A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. B. 5.
 1916-07-18
19775 Patterson Theodore E T E Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. K. 8.
 1916-07-16
18631 Newton Ellis Alban E A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. I. 8.
 1916-07-16
18602 Newberry Claude C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. L. 10.
 1916-08-01
18367 Naylor Reginald R Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. L. 7.
 1916-07-18
18336 Nash James Yeatman J Y Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
X. K. 1.
 1916-07-14
16172 McLEROTH Fergus David F D Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. I. 9.
 1916-07-16
15916 McDONALD Allen James A J Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. H. 5.
 1916-07-18
14910 Mandy Leslie Morley L M Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. A. 2.
 1916-07-17
14539 Maherry Johannes Jacobus J J Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. E. 5.
 1916-07-15
14381 Madden Charles C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. F. 8.
 1916-07-18
14047 Lupton Robert R Sergeant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. B. 2.
 1916-07-16
13949 Loverock Menyn Coote M C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
II. I. 8.
 1916-07-19
13716 Lloyd Reginald Chadwick R C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. D. 8.
 1916-07-17
13692 Little Walter Bruce W B Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. B. 8.
 1916-07-17
13419 Letchford Charles Thomas Kenneth C T K Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. F. 6.
 1916-07-20
12321 Kirkham William James W J Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
X. O. 7.
 1916-07-17
11788 Kane Francis F Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. A. 3.
 1916-07-15
10745 Israel Gerald Raymond G R Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
Sp. Mem. B. 6.
 1916-07-16
10740 Isemonger Leslie William L W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. L. 2.
 1916-07-18
10619 Hutton John Wilmot J W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. K. 7.
 1916-07-18
10436 Hudson Eber E Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXIII. N. 9.
 1916-07-15
10382 Howell Joseph Leigh J L Lance Sergeant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XV. L. 4.
 1916-07-16
10141 Hollingworth John Manson J M Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. I. 7.
 1916-07-16
10032 Hodge John Stevens J S Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 7.
 1916-07-16
9202 Hare Victor V Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. B. 1.
 1916-07-16
8841 Groenewald William Adrian W A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 4.
 1916-07-18
8359 Goodacre William Hewlett W H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XII. A. 7.
 1916-07-18
8246 Glazebrook Francis Ignatius F I Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. G. 6.
 1916-07-16
7967 Gee Harry Herbert Allan H H A Major South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 5.
 1916-07-19