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Identity
Person No.
2842
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
William Nimmo
Initials
W N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Chimney Trench
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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 1
Notes

Son of Rev. William Nimmo Brown and Catherine Georgianz Brown, of "Nieppe", Heseldon Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Town. A South African by birth, came to George Watson’s College. in 1906, and distinguished himself as a three-quarter in the XV. and A.S.M. in the College Troop of Scouts. Returning to South Africa in 1911, he found employment in the Government Bacteriological Dept. Enlisting in the Cape Peninsular Rifles in Aug. 1914, he came overseas as 2/Lt. in the S.A. Infantry. After serving in Egypt he gained his lieutenancy and was transferred to France in May 1916. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard. His brother also died in service.

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 1". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.

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