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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON

Service Number: 6627
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1914

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Benjamin and Mary Frances Thompson, of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription AS IN LIFE SO ALSO IN DEATH A GALLANT HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTREUIL-AUX-LIONS BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 177
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