In Memory Of

METHVEN, ALEXANDER MARSHALL

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 11164
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Cathcart William and Amy Methven, of "Carwin," Manderston, Natal. Born Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. A clerk. Served with the South African Mounted Rifles (3 years) and the Natal Field Artillery (2 years). His brother also died in service. Commemorated on St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Berea, Durban and St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Durban and Ladybrand, Orange Free State WWI Memorials