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Bombardier JAMES THOMPSON

Service Number: 809179
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

6 Bty., 2 Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

Plot 8. Row B. Grave 62.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Thompson, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription YOU DIED THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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