In Memory Of

SOAMES, ALFRED

Service Details
Age:
 53
Date of Birth:
 1862-09-16
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 6th Bn.
Regiment:
 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Former Regiment:
 formerly Major Bechuanaland Borderers
Date of Death:
 1915-10-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 to 19.
Cemetery:
 LOOS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
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."
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.