In Memory Of

SYMES, JAMES ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
1885-09-29
Service No:
7218
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of John and Sarah Ann Symes, of Pietermaritzburg. His brother also died on service