In Memory Of
KEAY, ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
228
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Missing in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Andrew and May Evelyn Keay, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Fought in Delville Wood in July 1916
