Identity
Person No.
28303
Service No.
7087
Last Name
First Name
Henry John
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
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
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Esther Wigley, of Nomaheqa, Nqamakwe, Transkei, Cape Province, and the late Josiah Steele Wigley. Wounded in Delville Wood on the 16th July 1916
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project