In Memory Of

FORD, JOSEPH

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 3216
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IV. E. 1.
Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Joseph and Phoebe (nee Stretch) Ford, of Red Hill, Victoria Co., Natal. Born Widnes, Lancashire, England. A clerk with the SAR&H. Served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915. Commemorated on 'The Greenwood Park, Red Hill & Avoca' in Red Hill Cemetery, Durban North; St. Marys Anglican Church, Greyville; St. James' Anglican Church, Morningside; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials and on SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfontein railway stations