Identity
Person No.
7560
Service No.
1358
Last Name
First Name
Marcus Philip
Initials
M P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in attack of second battle of Alamein. Clearing dug-outs and enemy posts with Bren guns, grenades and bayonets, by 11h30 pm the NMR was consolidating on its objective under heavy artillery fire. Lt. M. FRANK and his runner, Pte. P.D.G. SMITH were killed by a single shell
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
III. H. 15.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Philip F. and Annie Rollo Frank, of Essenwood Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. A clerk by profession
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