In Memory Of

RAMSAY, ADAM

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1888-01-24
Service No:
 957
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 6th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-08-17
Cause of Death:
 Died of fever and pneumonia, at Turiani
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 8. B. 1.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of David Pieter and Martha Cornelia Ramsay, of 48, Dale St., Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. According to Wirgman, "Ramsay contracted fever, like a good many others, and was in a weak condition when his guns went forward. Contrary to the advice of other members of the gun's crew, he was determined to march on, and, passing through a drift, got a thorough wetting. Pneumonia supervened, which ended the career of this fine soldier. The prospect of the loneliness and inactivity of a field hospital in a great wild, wide-spreading country must have been more than irksome to a strong nature. It is not for us, therefore, to blame his unwisdom, but rather to admire and extol his bravery."