In Memory Of
HODNETT, WILLIAM GEORGE LOUIS
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6544
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. H. 14.
Cemetery:
WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Husband of Edith Anne Lilian Hodnett, of 6, Prince Alfred St., Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
