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Sapper DAVID ALEXANDER THOMSON

Service Number: 126961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY

VI. B. 5.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Reserve Signal Bn.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Christina Lawson Thomson, of 21, Main St., Busby, Glasgow. Born in Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 249
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