Identity
Person No.
16053
Service No.
5070
Last Name
First Name
Archibald McSporran Blue
Initials
A M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
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
4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10
Notes
Son of the late George and Jane Blue McKay, of Union Place, Lennoxtown, Scotland
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "4th Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Archibald McSporran Blue McKAY, 4th SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Archibald McSporran Blue McKAY, 4th SAI, C Coy - Killed on the 16th July (Thiepval Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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