Service Details
Name:
 ALSOP
Given Name:
 JAMES
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 5717
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of the late James and Anne Alsop. Brother of Mrs. S. E. Edwards, of Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. The late Mr. James Alsop served under General Buller during the Boer war and again in the German South-West African campaign as lance-corporal of D Company. He afterwards left for Egypt with the 3rd South African Infantry and in that country he was again in action. Eventually his company was ordered to France.
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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