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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
365 Allen Francis F Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. K. 2.
 1916-07-18
496 Anderson Victor V Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
II. J. 6.
 1916-07-17
605 Appleton Robert R Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. F. 2.
 1916-07-16
929 Baird James Caesar J C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
V. C. 1.
 1916-07-15
1243 Bartley Herbert Wilfred H W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. H. 8.
 1916-07-18
1448 Beeton Eric Wilhelm E W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XII. J. 8.
 1916-07-18
1739 Beverley Alfred Gordon A G Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
V. C. 3.
 1916-07-16
1939 Bleasby John Rider J R Sergeant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. L. 9.
 1916-07-16
2659 Brockwell Ernest Frederick E F Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. B. 7.
 1916-07-16
2740 Brown Arthur Hugh A H Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XII. G. 1.
 1916-07-20
2749 Brown Cecil Pierce C P Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. G. 5.
 1916-07-15
3139 Butcher Frederick Claud F C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VI. B. 2.
 1916-07-15
3250 Callaghan George G Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. G. 4.
 1916-07-16
3461 Carter Alfred George A G Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. H. 7.
 1916-07-18
3666 Cheek George William G W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. D. 1.
 1916-07-18
3979 Clegg Claude William C W Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. E. 1.
 1916-07-18
4004 Clifton Norman Percival N P Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. P. 1.
 1916-08-01
4064 Coad Edwin Albert E A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXXII. I. 4.
 1916-07-18
4267 Colling Norman N Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. D. 10.
 1916-07-15
4354 Connock Joseph George J G Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XVIII. P. 10.
 1916-07-19
4404 Cook John William Cecil J W C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. D. 2.
 1916-07-15
4426 Coombe Augustus Victor A V Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. H. 7.
 1916-07-17
5151 Davis Percy Frederick P F Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 6.
 1916-07-16
5158 Davis Theodore T Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. E. 3.
 1916-07-18
5499 Deeley Henry Mallinson H M Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXXII. C. 9.
 1916-07-15
5832 Dodd Herbert H Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. E. 1.
 1916-07-16
5964 Downey Thomas Arthur T A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXIV. N. 10.
 1916-07-18
6329 Dusting Leonard L Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
X. L. 3.
 1916-07-18
6558 Elliott Henry H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
V. H. 5.
 1916-07-18
6779 Estill Douglas D Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. F. 3.
 1916-07-16
6850 Eyden Frederick F Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
X. J. 4.
 1916-07-18
7708 Froneman Nicholas Peter N P Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. F. 4.
 1916-07-16
7773 Furmidge Cyril Arthur C A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VI. A. 1.
 1916-07-18
7967 Gee Harry Herbert Allan H H A Major South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 5.
 1916-07-19
8246 Glazebrook Francis Ignatius F I Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. G. 6.
 1916-07-16
8359 Goodacre William Hewlett W H Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XII. A. 7.
 1916-07-18
8841 Groenewald William Adrian W A Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 4.
 1916-07-18
9202 Hare Victor V Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VIII. B. 1.
 1916-07-16
10032 Hodge John Stevens J S Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
VII. L. 7.
 1916-07-16
10141 Hollingworth John Manson J M Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IV. I. 7.
 1916-07-16
10382 Howell Joseph Leigh J L Lance Sergeant South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XV. L. 4.
 1916-07-16
10436 Hudson Eber E Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XXIII. N. 9.
 1916-07-15
10619 Hutton John Wilmot J W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
IX. K. 7.
 1916-07-18
10740 Isemonger Leslie William L W Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
XI. L. 2.
 1916-07-18
10745 Israel Gerald Raymond G R Lance Corporal South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
Sp. Mem. B. 6.
 1916-07-16
11788 Kane Francis F Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. A. 3.
 1916-07-15
12321 Kirkham William James W J Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
X. O. 7.
 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
13692 Little Walter Bruce W B Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. B. 8.
 1916-07-17
13716 Lloyd Reginald Chadwick R C Private South African Infantry Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
III. D. 8.
 1916-07-17