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Private THOMAS EDWARD LAPSLEY

Service Number: 6980236
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

12. F. 24.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Christina Elizabeth Lapsley.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NOT TO REASON WHY. HIS BUT TO DO OR DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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