In Memory Of

POPHAM, FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 1879-12-28
Service No:
 2798
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-08
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Thomas G.and Cora W. Popham. Brother of Blanche Royston, of Culpepper Court House, Culpepper Co., Virginia, U.S.A. Resided at Franklin's Building, West Street, Durban. Born Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. A barman. Served as Trooper (#667) with Bethune's Mounted Infantry in the ABW 1899-1902; transferred to the Transvaal Constabulary; served with the Natal Police in the Bambatha Rebellion of 1906. WIA at Mersa Matruh 23/1/1916. The first Memphian to die in the Great War