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Identity
Person No.
8803
Service No.
5292
Last Name
Grimsley
1
First Name
Francis Richard
Initials
F R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1884
(±1 yr)
253
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
South African Infantry
5,581
Unit
4th Regt.
1,344
Death Record
Date of Death
12 April 1917
334
Cause of Death
Killed in action
9,874
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men
Grave Reference
Bay 10.
76
Location
Country
France
5,136
Locality
Pas de Calais
1,577
Cemetery
ARRAS MEMORIAL
133
Coordinates
50.28697, 2.76065
Additional Information
Notes
Son of the late T. R. and E. Grimsley.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #8803