Name: |
ROSSER |
Given Name: |
ERNEST JAMES |
Initials: |
E J |
Service No: |
4350 |
Rank: |
Lance CorporalOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Infantry |
Unit: |
1st Regt.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Unit 2: |
"A" Coy.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1916-10-18Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
25 |
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. |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. Edith A. Rosser, of Fern Cottage, Albion Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Province. Native of Wynberg, Cape Province. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2014-09-19
