The Western Front Today - Delville Wood Cemetery
Sited opposite the Delville Wood South African Memorial, Delville Wood cemetery in Longueval contains 5,493 burials of which some two-thirds are unknown.
151 burials are of South African troops.
The cemetery comprises burials concentrated from ten (possibly more) Somme battlefield cemeteries following the war.
References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Somme, Leo Cooper 2000
A 'corkscrew' was a metal post for supporting a wire entanglement, with a twisted base enabling it to be screwed into the ground, removing the need for a hammer, the use of which could attract enemy fire.
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