Service Details
Name:
 SOAMES
Given Name:
 ALFRED
Initials:
 A
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
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Unit:
 6th Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Major Bechuanaland Borderers
Date of Death:
 1915-10-13
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Date of Birth:
 1862-09-16
Age:
 53
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG 31 October 1902 pg. 1098, M.I.D. LG 25 April 1902 pg. 11 - With Bushmanland Borderers - "For good service from 25th November, 1901, to 3rd December, 1901."
Additional
Information:
Son of the Rev. Charles Soames, Rector of Mildenhall, Marlborough, and Lydia Gordon Soames. Temporary Major. Dated 19th November, 1914. A South African cricket umpire. He stood in two Test matches between 1899 and 1902. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 LOOS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 to 19.

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