Pte.
Norman Lamb Southward
Military Details
Service Number: 2345
Regiment & Unit / Ship
8th Regiment South African Infantry
Enlisted
25 November 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
25 November 1915
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Service Number at Enlistment
2345
Service History
On active service in East Africa he was wounded on 25 March 1916 and admitted to Muthaiga Miliatry Hospital with Gun shot wounds to right shoulder . He contracted Malaria on 10 April 1916 .
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1883
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
Wath Brow
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Wath Brow
Parents
Abraham & Ann Southward
Siblings
Mary,Amy ,Jsoseph,Hannah,Anne
Family Connection
Joseph Arnold Benn Southward
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
21st March 1916
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Died of enteric fever after being wounded
Theater of Action
Africa
Regiment at Death
Regiment South African Infantry
Battalion/Vessel at Death
8th
Rank at Death
Pte.
Notes
The Southward family were living at Ennerdale Road Cleator Moor in April 1901
Buried or Commemorated at
NAIROBI SOUTH CEMETERY
Kenya
Grave Position: IV. C. 2.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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