Service Details
Name:
 WIGHTMAN
Given Name:
 FRANCIS CHARLES
Initials:
 F C
Service No:
 187
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)
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Unit:
 "E" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1914-11-25
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a skirmish with rebel forces at Rooi Vlei
Additional
Information:
Son of the late John and Janet McFarlane Wightman, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Served in the South African War.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 ROOIDAM FARM CEMETERY, UPINGTON
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