In Memory Of
GREENWOOD, ERNEST MARK
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3564
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. F. 21.
Cemetery:
WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William and Emma Greenwood, of "Thelma," Lower Piers Rd., Wynberg, Cape Town. Remembered on Wynberg Boys' High School War Memorial gates. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916. His brother also died in service
