In Memory Of
GRADY, ERNEST EDGAR DANIEL
Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
1883-08-18
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"A" 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 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 1.
Cemetery:
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576
Son of William John and Mary Ellen Grady, of 61, York Rd., Aldershot. Born at Longford, Ireland. Served with Cape Colony Defence Force. Also served in German South West Africa, and Egypt.
