In Memory Of
OUTRAM, ERNEST WHITE
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3104
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
formerly Natal Light Horse
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received 12th October 1916. The 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Elizabeth Powell (formerly Outram), of Grendleford, Derbyshire, England, and the late Isaac Outram. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916
