Service Details
Name:
 ARMSTRONG
Given Name:
 JOHN NICHOLAS FRASER
Initials:
 J N F
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
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Unit:
 128th Field Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-05
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Date of Birth:
 1878-04-17
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, supervising the draining of a trench on the morning of Wednesday 5 July 1916. The weather, which had been fine, closed in on 4 July and the trenches filled easily. Amidst the noise and chaos of battle, Armstrong was hit by a shell
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Mary Susannah Long Armstrong, of "Oak Braes," Godalming, Surrey. Born Ealing, Middlesex, England. A mining engineer. An underground shift foreman & Mine Manager at Broken Hill Propriety Mine 1905-1911; mining engineer at De Beer's Mine in Kimberley 1912-1914. Of Kimberley, South Africa. Commemorated on Kimberley Club Hotel War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A. 11.

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