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Private DOUGLAS OWEN TOMS

Service Number: 5439757
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALOUEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row D. Grave 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ethel Toms, of Stenalees, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER ABSENT, ALWAYS NEAR, STILL BESIDE US, DOUGLAS DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

SALOUEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 23
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