In Memory Of
LARGE, WILLIAM GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3755
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-11
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, when two companies of the 4th S.A.I. relieved elements of the 2nd S.A.I. in Bernafay Wood. A platoon of the 4th S.A.I. was at the Briqueterie and its A Coy, in action in Trone Wood since the 9th, was relieved on the night of the 10th/11th.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IX. S. 9.
Cemetery:
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William and Matilda Grace Large, of Old Mariedahl, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Maidstone, Kent, England. Served in the South West African campaign and South African Rebellion. A brewery foreman.
