In Memory Of

UNKNOWN SOLDIER, UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Rank Unknown
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-08
Date of Death 2:
1918-10-17
Cause of Death:
Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VII. B. 28.
Cemetery:
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Found at Map Reference 57c.S.22.d.95.15. or GPS 50.0123, 2.7948. This is the north-western edge of Bernafay Wood where the burial return indicates was the site of Bernafay Wood North Cemetery, in Grave 42. He was 6 foot tall and had size 10 boots. One can assume he died during the fighting of July 1916. His means of identification were: G. S. uniform, and collar badges.