Service Details
Name:
 LEDBURY
Given Name:
 VICTOR EDWARD
Initials:
 V E
Service No:
 2547
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. Daniel and Mrs. E. Ledbury, of 1, Upper Union St., Gardens, Natal. Ledbury, a Clerk with the SA Railways & Harbours, was the son of Daniel J. Ledbury of 1, Upper Union Street, Gardens, Cape Town. He served with the 9th Infantry from 8 August 1914 to 13 August 1915 but as he did not leave the borders of the Union, he was not eligible for a 1914-15 Star. On 24 August 1915 he attested in the 1st SA Infantry Battalion and embarked at Cape Town on 20 September 1915.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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