Service Details
Name:
 GRADY
Given Name:
 ERNEST EDGAR DANIEL
Initials:
 E E D
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
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Date of Birth:
 1883-08-18
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 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.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576
Additional
Information:
Son of William John and Mary Ellen Grady, of 61, York Rd., Aldershot. Born at Longford, Ireland. Served with Cape Colony Defence Force. Also served in German South West Africa, and Egypt.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 1.

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