DELVILLE WOOD

THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE

ROLLCALL ON THE 14th JULY 1916

V

Private Adam VALENTINE

2nd SAI

Killed in action (as Lance Corporal) near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private L. VALKENBERG

4th SAI

Private S.J. VALKENBERG

4th SAI - Wounded

Private A. VAN BLERK

2nd SAI

Lance Corporal C. VAN BLERK

1st SAI -Killed on the 18th July (Delville Wood Cemetery)

Private J.A. VAN BLERK

1st SAI -Wounded on the 18th July

Private O. VAN BLERK

1st SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner

Private P.J. VAN BLERK

2nd SAI -Wounded on the 17th July

Private S.J. VAN BLERK

1st SAI -Wounded on the 18th July

Private F.W. VAN BLOEMMESTEIN

4th SAI

Private J.P. VAN DER MERWE

2nd SAI

Private A.R. VAN DER PLANK

2nd SAI -Wounded

Private W.J. VANDERSCHYFF

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Bedford House Cemetery)

Private C.J. VAN DER SCHYFF

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private S.E.R. VAN DER SCHYFF

Wounded

Private John Henry VAN DER SPUY

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

Private Cornelius Johannes VAN DER VYVER

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private John VAN DER WALT

1st SAI - Killed on the 15th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Lance Corporal George VAN DER WEELE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private VAN DEVENTER

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

Private John Abraham VAN ECK

2nd SAI

Killed in action near Arras on the 9th April 1917 (Arras Memorial)

Private F.L.J. VAN HASSETT

3rd SAI, A Coy - Wounded

Private Pieter VAN HEERDEN

2nd SAI

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

Private P.W. VAN HEERDEN

2nd SAI

Private W.J. VAN HEERDEN

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 15th July

Private David Stuart VAN HOLST

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

Private Marinus Aubrey Kay VAN HOLST

3rd SAI

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

Private VAN LOGGENBERG

1st SAI, B Coy

Private J.A.M. VAN MELE

Medical services - Wounded

Private H.J. VAN NIEKERK

4th SAI

Private R. VAN NIEKERK

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private Charles John VAN REENEN

2nd SAI

Missing in action at Gauches Wood on the 21st March 1918 (Pozieres Memorial)

Private A.J. VAN TONDER

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private Johannes Nicholas VAN TONDER

2nd SAI - Missing in action on the 18th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Private P.L. VAN WYK

4th SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Private P.A. VAN ZYL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Killed in action (as Sergeant) near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private D.E. VARDER

2nd SAI

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

Private C. VASS

4th SAI

Private O. VASS

Wounded

Sergeant W. VASS

4th SAI

Private A.A. VAUGHAN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private G.R. VAUGHAN

3rd SAI, D Coy

Private H.M. VEAL

3rd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private P. VEGLIA

1st SAI - Wounded on the 19th July

Private Francis VEITCH

4th SAI, C Coy - Missing in action on the 19th July (Thiepval Memorial)

Sergeant E.T. VELS

3rd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private G. VERWEY

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private G.A. VERWEY

4th SAI

Private A.A. VIAL

Wounded

Private H.H. VICE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private J.W. VICE

2nd SAI

Private Louis Guy VICE

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Fampoux British Cemetery)

Private S. VILJOEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private William VILJOEN

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Killed in action at Wytschaete on the 10th April 1918 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private P.C. VILLET

1st SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Private C.J. VINCENT

Wounded

Private Edward James VINCENT

2nd SAI

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

Corporal John Robertson Wyse VINCENT

2nd SAI

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

Private A.W.D. VINE

Wounded

Private J. VINNECOMBE

2nd SAI

Private J.W. VINNING

3rd SAI, D Coy

Lance Corporal Joseph VIPOND

3rd SAI, C Coy - Taken prisoner on the 19th July

Private C.A. VISSER

1st SAI - Wounded on the 17th July

Private H.J. VISSER

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner

Private H.J. VISSER

2nd SAI - Taken prisoner on the 18th July

Captain Edward Valentine VIVIAN

3rd SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Later awarded the Military Cross

Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)

Private N.H. VLOK

2nd SAI, B Coy - Wounded

Private Nicholas Johannes VLOK

2nd SAI, B Coy - Wounded on the 15th July

Awarded the DCM for his bravery at Delville Wood and mentioned in despatches.

Private H. VOS

2nd SAI

Private J.J. VOS

2nd SAI - Wounded on the 18th July

Lance Corporal J. VOSKULE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private J.A. VOSKULE

1st SAI - Wounded on the 16th July

Private C.J. VYVER

Wounded