In Memory Of
SMITH, PETER WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
4069
Rank:
Private
Unit:
1st Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" 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 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. A. 51.
Cemetery:
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Jacoba Sophia Alberta de Bruyr (formerly Smith), of Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa, and the late James Francis Smith.
