In Memory Of
WIGHTMAN, FRANCIS CHARLES
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
187
Rank:
Private
Unit:
"E" Sqdn.
Regiment:
5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)
Date of Death:
1914-11-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in a skirmish with rebel forces at Rooi Vlei
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ROOIDAM FARM CEMETERY, UPINGTON
Localitly:
Northern Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of the late John and Janet McFarlane Wightman, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Served in the South African War.