In Memory Of
COPPARD, WILLIAM JAMES
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
1890-05-20
Service No:
4324
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" 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:
I. B. 76.
Cemetery:
LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William James and Margaret Coppard, of 13, MacPherson St., Uitenhage, South Africa. Born Uitenhage. A fitter for South African Railways. His brother also died in service
