Service Details
Name:
 POPE-HENNESSY
Given Name:
 BRIAN
Initials:
 B
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-10
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Messines Ridge
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 18 July 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in reorganising and leading his company under heavy shell fire after his company commander and a large number of the men had become casualties. He continued to show the greatest fearlessness, combined with the skilful leadership, until himself severely wounded."
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Jessie Helen Pope-Hennessy, of Hospital Hill, King William's Town, Cape Province, and the late Maj. G. Pope-Hennessy, D.S.O.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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