Service Details
Name:
 POPHAM
Given Name:
 FRANK
Initials:
 F
Service No:
 2798
Rank:
 Lance Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-08
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Date of Birth:
 1879-12-28
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at Bernafay Wood, Somme
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas G.and Cora W. Popham. Brother of Blanche Royston, of Culpepper Court House, Culpepper Co., Virginia, U.S.A. Born Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. A barman. The first Memphian to die in the Great War
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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