In Memory Of

ALSOP, JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 47
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 5717
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
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.