In Memory Of

UNKNOWN SOLDIER, UNKNOWN SOLDIER

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-17
Date of Death 2:
 1918-03-26
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. H. 7
Cemetery:
 OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Found at Map Reference 57c.S.12.c.35.75. (or 50.0314, 2.8095). Found northern edge of Delville Wood, so one can likely assume he died during the fighting of Delville Wood July 1916. His means of identification were: G. S. Uniform and buttons, collar badges, 2 stars on epaulette, Officer's boots, 2 pieces of Water Proof sheet stenciled 2 SAI 0230, marked R. D--, 46--, knife marked ---, spoon marked W. H. P. This man is likely Walter James Hill (Thiepval Memorial)