In Memory Of
UNKNOWN SOLDIER, UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Rank Unknown
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-07-19
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, on 19 July, the 9th (Scottish) Division (2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers and South African Composite Battalion) recovered the site of Meteren village after a fortnight's bombardment which completely destroyed the houses.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 739.
Cemetery:
METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Nord
Country:
France
Additional Information
Found at Map Reference 27.x.15.c.7.7. (or 50.7410, 2.6849). Found west of the village of Meteren, so one can likely assume he died during the fighting of July 1918. His means of identification were: Disc.
