Identity
Person No.
415
Service No.
5717
Last Name
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
47
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Military Service
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
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6
Notes
Son of the late James and Anne Alsop. Brother of Mrs. S. E. Edwards, of Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. The late Mr. James Alsop served under General Buller during the Boer war and again in the German South-West African campaign as lance-corporal of D Company. He afterwards left for Egypt with the 3rd South African Infantry and in that country he was again in action. Eventually his company was ordered to France.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 6". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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