In Memory Of
GRAHAM, JAMES BASSETT
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
328
Rank:
Gunner
Unit:
74th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
1916-11-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. The Battery was at Colincamp since the 7th October 1916 in a position really untenable for a heavy battery, without cover and a favourite target for the German artillery. On the 20th November, the enemy kept up a severe bombardment all day, and four gunners were killed (the three men buried at Courcelles and Bombardier Frank Birt buried in Couin British Cemetery).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
C. 10.
Cemetery:
COURCELLES-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of James and Virginia Graham, late of St. Helena; husband of Mrs. F. M. Graham, of Main St., Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa. Born St. Helena. A carpenter.
