In Memory Of

TRUSCOTT, WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1544
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 1st Regt.
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 Mrs. Agnes Duncan Hamlyn (formerly Truscott), of 11, King St., Southernwood, East London, Cape Province, and the late David Truscott. Born Port Elizabeth about 1897. Employed with Port Elizabeth Library. Commemorated on Port Elizabeth Library & the Port Elizabeth Cenotaph WWI Memorials