Service Details
Name:
 CREED
Given Name:
 HAROLD ELVEY FREDERICK
Initials:
 H E F
Rank:
 Captain
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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:
 1916-07-15
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, mortally wounded while leading his company up Strand Street, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of M. A. Creed and the late Elvey S. Creed; husband of Olive Frances Creed, of Bloemfontein, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Had served with Rimington's Guides in the Boer War, then between the wars he became Chief Inspector of Roads in the Orange Free State.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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