Identity
Person No.
21991
Service No.
6910
Last Name
First Name
William Alfred
Initials
W A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
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
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15
Notes
Son of the late Alfred and Mary Royston. Brother of William Herbert Royston, of Durban
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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