In Memory Of
MAIN, JAMES
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
1877-12-04
Service No:
8185
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" Coy.
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 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. D. 38.
Cemetery:
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of John and Isabella Main, of 3, Duff Street, Hopeman. Brother of John Main, of Drummer Street, Hopeman, Elgin, Scotland. Born Hopeman, Elgin, Scotland. Enlisted at Pietersburg. On Mansfield Road Boys School Roll of Honour
