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Sapper GEORGE YOUNG THOMSON

Service Number: 134095
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

78th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1918

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

II. D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Thomson, of 9, Elder St., Govan, Glasgow, and the late William Thomson.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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