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Identity
Person No.
20505
Service No.
2798
Last Name
Popham 3
First Name
Frank
Initials
F
Date of Birth
28 December 1879 70
Est. Birth Year
1879 (±1 yr) 382
Age at Death
36
Military Service
Rank
Lance Sergeant
Regiment
South African Infantry 5,581
Unit
2nd Regt. 1,351
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,701
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
08 July 1916 218
Cause code
DOW 2,688
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,395
Died of wounds, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 4 C. 828
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569
Memorial
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5 Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Names on Pier and Face 4 C
Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
8 Rue de l'Ancre, 80300 Thiepval, France
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Pier and Face 4 C
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5
Notes

Son of Thomas G.and Cora W. Popham. Brother of Blanche Royston, of Culpepper Court House, Culpepper Co., Virginia, U.S.A. Resided at Franklin's Building, West Street, Durban. Born Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. A barman. Served as Trooper (#667) with Bethune's Mounted Infantry in the ABW 1899-1902; transferred to the Transvaal Constabulary; served with the Natal Police in the Bambatha Rebellion of 1906. WIA at Mersa Matruh 23/1/1916. The first Memphian to die in the Great War

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 5". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.

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