Identity
Person No.
16009
Service No.
3559
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13
Notes
Son of George and Antionetta McGregor, of Perth House, Maitland, Cape Town. A speculator. A member of the Cape Town Council. Attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 30 August 1915 and embarked aboard Borolos for Matruh on 31 January 1916. Transferred from Egypt to Marseilles 20 April 1916. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 13". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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