In Memory Of

CHURCH, CECIL REDVERS

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1895-06-29
Service No:
16531
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-03-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Marrieres Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 8.
Cemetery:
HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Jacob de Villiers Church, of "Windsor House", 209 Albert Street, Woodstock. Born Cape Town. A messenger. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry on 24 July 1917. He embarked from Southampton to Rouen on 14 February 1918 and joined "A" Company in the trenches to the north-west of Peronne.