Service Details
Name:
 NESBITT
Given Name:
 CHARLES VICTOR
Initials:
 C V
Service No:
 6092
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "E" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Date of Death 2:
 1916-07-18
Date of Birth:
 1899-07-18
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood. As reported by Sgt Jack Naisby (3rd Bn D Coy) who later wrote from the London General Hospital: "Private Charles Nesbitt of the SA Scottish was the first man I saw killed in Delville Wood on July 16 and I buried him myself. I took his personal effects. He was an orderly attached to HQ and had just left our officers when he was killed about forty yards from our lines."
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Warren Nesbitt DSO and Jacoba Margaret Nesbitt, of Mafeteng, Basutoland, South Africa. Also served with Brand's Horse in German South West Africa. A bank clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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