In Memory Of
ROPER, WILLIAM GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
120538
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
1st Bn. Special Bde.
Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
1916-08-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during the preparations of "gas raid" launched by the Special Brigade on the night of the 30th August 1916 against the German trenches in Bienvillers-Monchy sector (1250 gas cylinders used).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I. B. 5.
Cemetery:
SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. and Mrs. M. Roper, of 21, Harsnett Rd., Colchester, Essex. Born in Cape Town, South Africa.
