Identity
Person No.
19656
Service No.
8794
Last Name
First Name
James Louis
Initials
J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. In the night of the 16-17th October, the 1st S.A.I. relieved the 3rd S.A.I. in the front trenches. Large working parties were employed in widening and deepening the communication trenches to The Pimple and the Front line
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 2
Notes
Son of the late William J. and Marcella Susanna Parker, of Diep River, Cape Province
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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