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Private RICHARD THOMPSON

Service Number: 2978009
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENGHIEN (EDINGEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Thompson, of Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ENGHIEN (EDINGEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 22
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