In Memory Of
POPE-HENNESSY, BRIAN
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-04-10
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Messines Ridge
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
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."
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.
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