Service Details
Name:
 PULFORD
Given Name:
 WILLIAM HORACE
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 4524
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Date of Birth:
 1896-03-10
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Edmund and Amelia Charlotte Pulford, of 108 Cowey Road, Durban. Born Durban. A storeman. His brother also died in service in WW2. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
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Grave Reference:
 XI. L. 7.

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