In Memory Of
RICE, WALTER EDGAR
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
916
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"D" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-07-07
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, held the line Briqueterie Trench-Dublin Trench to Dublin Redoubt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. G. 5.
Cemetery:
PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of John Henry Rice and Emma Elizabeth (formerly Rice) Coombe. Step brother of Thomas Coombe, of Sea Point, Cape Town. Born Cardiff, Wales. His half brother Augustus Victor Coombe also died in service
