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Private THOMAS JOHN FINCH

Service Number: 17887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

U. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Ann Watts (formerly Finch), of 38, Brindley St., Harrow Rd., Paddington, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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