Cemetery: Loos Memorial
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 12th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
Country of Service: British
Details: M C 15th November 1916. Age 22. Son of William Henry and Charlotte Catherine Tiffany (nee Farish) of The Grotto Rondebosch Cape of Good Hope South Africa. Gazetted Lieut. in the Union Defence Force 1913 from the Military School Tempe Bloemfontein. Promoted Capt. (6th Infantry Regt.) Jan. 1915; With official permission he then proceeded to England and was posted to the Royal Fusiliers. Mentioned in a Despatch from General the Rt. Hon. Louis Botha for gallant and distinguished services in the Field in German South-West Africa in 1915. Asst. Military Instructor Kilworth Camp Ireland. Captain 6th Infantry Regt. (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's Own Cape Town Highlanders) Defence Force Union of South Africa. Panel 25 to 27.
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