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Lance Corporal THOMAS BECKETT

Service Number: 5908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

I. A. 74.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Clara Beckett, of 3, Chad St., Colne, Lancs. Native of Rotherhithe, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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