In Memory Of

SMITH, CLAUDE ALFRED CANNON

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1891-04-25
Service No:
 6414
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-10
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Bernafay Wood, when on the 9th July, three companies of the 2nd S.A.I. occupied Bernafay Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. D. 8.
Cemetery:
 DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of John Francis and Sarah Fanny Smith, of Trafalgar Rd., Cambridge, South Africa. Born Umtata, Eastern Cape. Native of Umtata, Transkei, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in East London (Cambridge) Cemetery. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18.