ESTILL Douglas

  • First Name(s):
    Douglas 
  • Surname:
    ESTILL
  • Service Number:
    48
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    3rd Regiment South African Infantry
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France, Grave VII. F. 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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ESTILL Douglas Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Private

Further Information About ESTILL Douglas

Douglas Estill was born in 1889, the son of Mr Estill of Johannesburg.  He attended Bromsgrove School from 1903 to 1905, entering the school as a scholar with the promise to gain distinction at University.  Circumstances necessitated his leaving prematurely and he returned to South Africa where he was for a time in the Civil Service and afterwards in business.  He came home as a Private in the South African Contingent and after training in various centres in England and a brief visit to Egypt, he went to France.  He was killed in the magnificent stand made by the South Africans in Delville Wood.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Douglas Estill sailed from Southampton on the Avondale Castle on 27th January 1906 bound for Cape Town, South Africa.  His name appears on the South Africa Roll of Honour.

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