Identity
Person No.
13324
Service No.
8471
Last Name
First Name
Alfred Edward
Initials
A E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Military Service
Rank
Lance Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of the late Edward Dawson Lennox, of Mount View Terrace, St. Luke's, Cork, Ireland. Served with the Cape Mounted Police in the South African War (Queen's Medal with Clasp) and with the South African Mounted Rifles in German South West Africa, 1914-1915
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project