In Memory Of

ARMSTRONG, JOHN NICHOLAS FRASER

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 1878-04-17
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 128th Field Coy.
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1916-07-05
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, supervising the draining of a trench on the morning of Wednesday 5 July 1916. The weather, which had been fine, closed in on 4 July and the trenches filled easily. Amidst the noise and chaos of battle, Armstrong was hit by a shell
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 A. 11.
Cemetery:
 FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John and Mary Susannah Long Armstrong, of "Oak Braes," Godalming, Surrey. Born Ealing, Middlesex, England. A mining engineer. An underground shift foreman & Mine Manager at Broken Hill Propriety Mine 1905-1911; mining engineer at De Beer's Mine in Kimberley 1912-1914. Of Kimberley, South Africa. Commemorated on Kimberley Club Hotel War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918