In Memory Of

WILL, JAMES ADAM

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1883-03-10
Service No:
 3738
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Battle of Arras
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XV. N. 4.
Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Alexander and Caroline Will, of Durban. Born Durban. A tram conductor. Served as Private (#633) with the DLI in the ABW and served as Trooper (#282) with the NCVR in the ABW. Served as Trooper with Royston's Horse in the Bambatha Rebellion 1906. Served with DLI in GSWA 1914-1915. WIA at Delville Wood July 1916. His elder brother Alexander William WILL died in service of enteric fever (typhoid) in the ABW. Commemorated on the Durban Cenotaph; the Durban Corporation; St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Durban; St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville & the DLI WWI Memorials.