DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

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Private Percy George LADBROOKE

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Sergeant Louis Charles LAERMAN

1st SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)

Sergeant J. LAGERSTROM

4th SAI

Private Arthur Ernest LAHEE

3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A.W. LAING

2nd SAI

Private J.H. LAING

2nd SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Athies Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private Charles LAKE

2nd SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C.A. LAKE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private William Oswald LAKE

2nd SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 12th October 1916 (Warlencourt British Cemetery)

Private J. LAMBERT

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private W.R. LAMBERT

2nd SAI

Private William Vernon LAMBIE

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 15th July (Serre Road Cemetery n°2)

Private G.S.J. LAMBOURNE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private M. LAMCHEN

4th SAI

Killed in action at Meteren on the 19th July 1918 (La Kreule Military Cemetery)

Corporal J.L. LAMONT

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Percy Edward  LAND

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private Alfred John Paton LANDREY

2nd SAI - Wounded

Died of wounds on the 12th May 1917 (Richmond Cemetery, Surrey)

Private H.E. LANDY

2nd SAI

Private John Bolas LANE

2nd SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 11th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Fred Henry William LANG

1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private O.G. LANGEVELDT

4th SAI

Private William G. LANGLAND

1st SAI, C Coy - attached to the Trench Mortar Battery

Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood

Awarded the Military Medal in January 1918

Private R.S. LANGSHEAR

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Thomas Huxley LANGSTON

4th SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private W.A. LANGSTROM

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal F.C. LANKESHEER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Ben Hudson LANSDOWN

2nd SAI, B Coy - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C.E. LAREDO

2nd SAI

Private T.H. LARGE

4th SAI

Private G.M. LARK

4th SAI - Wounded

Lieutenant Wilfrid Austin LARMUTH

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Ernest Edward LARSON

1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private H. LASHBROOKE

3rd SAI, B Coy

Private L. LASKER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private E. LATHAM

Medical services - Wounded

Private Jacobus Johannes LAUBSCHER

1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private W. LAUGHTON

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Edward C.W. LAURIE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Vincent LAVAGNA

4th SAI

Private A. LAVARACK

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Olivier Clarence LAVENDER

1st SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal S.C. LAVERACK

2nd SAI

Private N. LAVERS

2nd SAI

Private Thomas LAVERY

4th SAI- Wounded

Missing in action near Wytschaete on the 13th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private M.J.F.J. LAVOIPERRE

Wounded

Private A.C. LAWRENCE

3rd SAI - Wounded

Killed in action near Wytschaete on the 11th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private Geoffrey George LAWRENCE

1st SAI, C Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Commissionned in May 1917. Mentioned in despatches later in the War.

Wounded on Messines Ridge on the 10th April 1918;

Private H. LAWRENCE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private J.A. LAWRENCE

4th SAI

Captain M.B. LAWRIE

Medical Services

Awarded the Military Cross for his brilliant work at Longueval in which he had established an aid post.

Wounded at Ypres in September 1917. Won a bar to his MC.

Private John Augustus LAWSON

3rd SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 19th July

Commissionned in the SA Native Labour Corps in October 1917 then transferred to the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment.

Private R. LAWSON

4th SAI

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major W.K. LAWSON

3rd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal W. LAXSON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private Joseph Barrett LAZARUS

2nd SAI - Wounded

Died of wounds (as Lance Corporal) on the 15th May 1917 (Willesden Jewish Cemetery, Middlesex)

Private S.C. LAZARUS

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private Murray Stewart LE MARE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th January 1917 (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras)

Private P.M.G. LE ROUX

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal H. LE SEUER

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private R.C. LEACH

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Signaller George Allan LEAK

1st SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Sergeant Victor Edward LEDBURY

1st SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private George Hosking LEDDRA

4th SAI - Killed on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal Frederick Charles LEE

3rd SAI, C Coy

Died of wounds (as Second Lieutenant) on the 9th April 1917 near Arras (St Nicolas British Cemetery)

Letter from F.C. LEE (21st July 1916)

Private R. LEES

3rd SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner

Private Robert William LEES

2nd SAI, B Coy - Died of wounds on the 20th July (La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)

Private Bernard Meredith LEFFLER

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private E. LEGASSICK

2nd SAI

Private A.G. LEGG

2nd SAI

Honorable Captain E.A. LEGGE

2nd SAI HQ

MBE (Military Division)

Private H.J.N. LEHMAN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private William Jacobus LEHMKUHL

2nd SAI

Missing in action near Wytschaete on the 12th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Sergeant E. LEISELL

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private James Simpson LENNIE

2nd SAI

Private T.C. LEPPAN

4th SAI - taken prisoner on the 16th July

Private G.P. LESLIE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 21st September 1917 (St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery)

Second Lieutenant Charles Thomas Kenneth LETCHFORD

2nd SAI, D Coy - Killed on the 20th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private Albert LETLEY

2nd SAI - Missing in action on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private P. LETORO

2nd SAI

Private E.W. LEVERTON

4th SAI

Private M. LEVIN

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Died in service in Meteren sector on the 21st August 1918 (Villers Station Cemetery)

Private A.J. LEVINE

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private E.E. LEVINSON

2nd SAI

Private Leo LEVINSON

2nd SAI

Awarded the Military Medal. Died of Wounds on the 12th April 1917 (Athies Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private E.R. LEVY

3rd SAI, D Coy

Sergeant E. LEWELL

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Commisionned later in the War and awarded the Military Cross

Private J.H. LEWIN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Driver Abe LEWIS

3rd SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Sergeant Curwen Margam LEWIS

3rd SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Edwin Dennis LEWIS

2nd SAI - Killed on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private E.W. LEWIS

2nd SAI

Private J. LEWIS

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private D.J. LEY

2nd SAI - Wounded

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension)

Private J.S. LIEBRANDT

2nd SAI

Missing in action (as Sergeant) on the 24th March 1918 at Marrières Wood (Pozieres Memorial)

Captain (Medical Officer) Stephen LIEBSON

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 20th July

Awarded the Military Cross for his brilliant work at Longueval.

Killed in action (as Medical officer of the 4th SAI) on the 22nd March 1918 near Gauche Wood (Pozieres Memorial)

Lieutenant Aubrey William LIEFELDT

1st SAI, D Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Wounded and taken prisoner (as Captain) at Marrieres Wood on the 24th March 1918

Private E.C.D. LIGHTENING

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal Percy Clifford LILBURN

2nd SAI - Wounded

Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood

Corporal A. LILFORD

3rd SAI, D Coy - Wounded

Private E. LILFORD

Medical services - Wounded

Private John Alexander LINDSAY

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 21st September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Lance Corporal R. LINDSAY

4th SAI

Private B.E. LINSLEY

Wounded

Private Samuel LIPMAN

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private G.H. LISTER

4th SAI

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) in Le Cateau sector on the 17th October 1918 (Le Cateau Military Cemetery)

Sergeant H. LISTER

2nd SAI - Wounded

Private J. LITTLE

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private Walter Bruce LITTLE

2nd SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 17th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private Edward Mannie LLOYD

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Highland  Cemetery, Roclincourt)

Private P.J. LLOYD

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Reginald Chadwick LLOYD

1st SAI, A Coy - Killed on the 17th July  (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private William Ivor  LLOYD

3rd SAI - Died of wounds on the 18th July (La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)

Private George Truscott LOBB

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Recommanded for a mention in despatches for his conduct at Delville Wood (no retained)

Private John Vernon LOBLEY

2nd SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 12th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Ronald LOCK

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 17th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private William Wilson LOCKHEAD

4th SAI

Killed in action in front the Butte de Warlencourt on the 12th October 1916 (Thiepval Memorial)

Private J. LOCKLEY

3rd SAI - Wounded

Private H. LODGE

4th SAI - Wounded

Mentioned in Despatches later in the War

Private M.J. LOEDOLFF

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private R.A. LOGAN

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal William LOGAN

4th SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private A. LOGGENBERG

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private Dirk Jacobus LOMBARD

4th SAI - Missing in action on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private Charles Ernest LONG

3rd SAI, B Coy

Was of the last South African group relieved on the 20th July at Delville Wood

Recommanded for a mention in despatches for his conduct at Delville Wood (no retained)

Mentioned in Despatches later in the War

Corporal A. LONGHURST

4th SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery)

Private J.G. LOOCH

1st SAI

Private P. LOOCH

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Corporal William S. LORIMER

28th Brigade Machine Gun Coy - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private C.J. LOTTER

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private (stretcher-bearer) Albert Johannes LOUBSER

1st SAI

Awarded the DCM for his conduct as stretcher-bearer between the 16th and 18th July in Delville Wood.

Wounded in the back on the 12th October 1917. Died of wounds on the 17th October 1917 (Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium)

Private J.J. LOUBSER

Wounded

Awarded the Military Medal later in the War

Private J.A. LOUW

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th july

Lance Corporal Oswald P. LOVERGROVE

4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Gassed on the 17th October 1918

Lance Sergeant E.H. LOVELESS

2nd SAI

Private N.S. LOVEMORE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private Menyn Coote LOVEROCK

3rd SAI, B Coy - Killed on the 19th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private F. LOWE

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 17th July

Private G. LOWE

4th SAI - Wounded

Lance Sergeant S.H.A. LOWE

2nd SAI

Sergeant T.E. LOWE

2nd SAI

Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and mentioned in Despatches later in the War.

Private W.R. LOWE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private J.C. LOWENSTEIN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private Charles LOXTON

2nd SAI

Mentioned in Despatches later in the War

Private L.A. LUBBE

2nd SAI

Private H.K. LUCAS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private H.V. LUCAS

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private F.L. LUCKHURST

4th SAI - Wounded

Brigadier-General Henry Timson LUKIN

Brigadier

Private J.W. LUNDBERG

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 16th july

Private B.T. LUPTON

Medical services - Wounded

Private Joseph LUPTON

3rd SAI - Declared missing in action on the 1st August (Thiepval Memorial)

Sergeant Robert LUPTON

3rd SAI - Killed on the 16th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private A.B. LYLE

Wounded

Private L.V. LYLE

4th SAI - Wounded

Private W.P. LYLE

4th SAI

Private M.J. LYNCH

4th SAI - Wounded

Second Lieutenant R.M. LYNE

1st SAI

Private N. LYSELL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Roclincourt Valley Cemetery)

Company Sergeant Major G.H.H. LYTTON

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July