Identity
Person No.
9577
Service No.
3973
Last Name
First Name
Cecil Edward
Initials
C E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
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
1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10
Notes
Son of Thomas and Mrs. E. Heathcote, of Grahamstown, Cape Province. Born in Grahamstown. A grocer by trade, he enlisted at Potchefstroom for overseas service on 2 September 1915, having previously served in the 1st Kimberley Regiment in the South West African Campaign. Serving in France with the 1st South African Infantry.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "1st Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 10". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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