In Memory Of
NESBITT, CHARLES VICTOR
Service Details
Age:
17
Date of Birth:
1899-07-18
Service No:
6092
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"E" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-16
Date of Death 2:
1916-07-18
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."
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
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.
