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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON

Service Number: 60588
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY

X. H. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Mary Thompson, of 13, Norfolk St., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription NOT OUR WILL O LORD BUT THINE BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 1129
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