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Rifleman JOHN THOMSON

Service Number: 593240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

2nd/18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

C. 14.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Charlesina Lily Stainthorpe Thomson, of Cove Villa, Annan, Dumfriesshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS THE HOPE OF HIS PARENTS
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT SAID WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1104
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