In Memory Of

RUSSELL, IAN RAMSAY

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 217
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-10-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in front the Butte de Warlencourt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VIII. E. 28.
Cemetery:
 WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John Ramsay Russell and Lene Auld Russell, of 6, Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland. Native of Wick, Scotland. Born in 1882, and entered George Watson's College in 1897. On leaving he joined the staff of the Scottish Provident Institution, and shortly afterwards went to Rhodesia. He had been a keen Volunteer, and was Sgt. in one of the Midlothian Artillery Mounted Batteries. He joined the 1st South African Contingent in 1915, and came unscathed through the heavy fighting at Delville Wood.