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Gordon James Rennie

 Gordon James Rennie

Person details

Forename(s) Gordon James
Surname Rennie
Rank Captain
Regiment [South African Forces] 6th South African Infantry
Age 28
Death Killed in action
Place of Death Salaita Hill, British East Africa
Date of Death 12/02/1916
Year of Entry 1902
House Letter G
School Notes
Comments Album: Durban Light Infantry. Reg: Capt. 6 SA Inf 1914. CWGC: Capt 6h Reg't SA Infantry. Extensive letter in Radleian of 20/06/1916. Obituary in Radleian of 23/02/1916
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit -
Prefect
Military Decorations
Album Number 6
Battle Unknown engagement
Previous Regiment ?
Additional Notes Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 15 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/
Burial or Cemetery TAVETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Kenya. Grave ref V. A. 1
Place of Birth Durban, Natal, South Africa & Ballater, Aberdeenshire
Post School Shipping Agent, London & Durban; Married 1913 Marion Dorothy Steele
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