Identity
Person No.
24877
Service No.
7947
Last Name
First Name
Benjamin Alexander
Initials
B A
Date of Birth
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed 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 16
Notes
Son of Johanna Taynton, of Pretoria
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 16". Photograph: South African War Graves Project. Date of birth recorded by the South African War Graves Project.
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