Son of William Frederick and Ada Elizabeth Pope, of Durban North. Husband of Maud Getrude Pope, of Escombe. Born Natal. A clerk with South Africa Railways and Harbours. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct") (ServiceNo in this draft, 1973, differs from this record's own 1973 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1940-08-11).: POPE, William Ambrose Sweasey (Son of William Frederick & Ada Elizabeth Pope of 7 Cambridge Drive, Durban North; husband of Maud Gertrude Pope (nee Crosby) of Shallcross Road, Escombe, Natal.) (Malvern Primary; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood 1923-24) 1973 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born PMB 7/5/1908; a clerk with the South Africa Railways and Harbours by profession; married in the Methodist Church, Durban 23/4/1932; enlisted with the 1st Battalion RDLI; died of lobar pneumonia, during training at Premier Mine Camp, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa. (They had 2 young children.) Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Municipality in the Durban City Hall; the Park View Primary; the Glenwood High School & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 11/08/1940 GXVH-V3S 32
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