In Memory Of
TOMLINSON, CHERRITON ALVA CRAY
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
9091
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-18
Cause of Death:
Missing in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXIII. E. 7.
Cemetery:
CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William George and Mary Louisa Tomlinson, of 4, Webbs Avenue, Grahamstown, South Africa. His brother Athol William Leslie Tomlinson also died in service. ***His body was found after the War
