In Memory Of
WOODHEAD, GORDON SPIVEY
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
X/240
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
B. 17.
Cemetery:
FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Minnie Woodhead, of Strand St., Cape Town, and the late W. S. Woodhead. Born at Hampstead, London, England. Enlisted at Edinburgh when at the University. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (MAITLAND) Cemetery
