In Memory Of
ROSSER, ERNEST JAMES
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
4350
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-18
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. C. 8.
Cemetery:
WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
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
