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Rifleman WILLIAM HERBERT JOSEPH THATCHER

Service Number: 301115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

"A" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY

B. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Gertrude Emmeline Thatcher, of 77, Wellmeadow Rd., Hither Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS?
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Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 198
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