In Memory Of

BRU-DE-WOLD, THORKELL WATHAN

Service Details
Age:
 37
Date of Birth:
 1879-01-26
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Col. Hilmar Theodore Bru-de-Wold CMG, DSO, VD, JP and Mrs. Sarah Bru-de-Wold, of Umzinto, Natal. Born Umzinto, Natal. Trooper in the Natal Police during the Boer War and was also besieged in Ladysmith. He went on to serve in the 1906 Natal Rebellion as a Captain in the Mapping Detachment. During the South African Rebellion of 1914 and the subsequent campaign in German South West Africa, was a Sergeant in Enslin's Horse. Educated at Hilton College, Natal.