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Private WILLIAM THOMSON

Service Number: 4457097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOSSEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Thomson, of Deptford, Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription WHERE LOVELINESS NEVER DIES HE LIVES IN A LAND OF GLORY MID BLUE & GOLDEN SKIES
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Buried or commemorated at

FOSSEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1
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