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Corporal JOHN ALEXANDER THOMSON

Service Number: S/27574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Q. 126.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Postal Sect. Royal Engineers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Thomson, of Gilmerton, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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