In Memory Of

LEDBURY, VICTOR EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 2547
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
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.