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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN AUDLEY THICKNESSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

Commanding 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the Right Rev. Dr F. H. Thicknesse, D.D., late Bishop of Leicester, and Anne Thicknesse; husband of Phyllis Margaret Thicknesse, of Bishops Hull, near Taunton. Born at Middleton Cheney, Northants. Also served on the North-West Frontier of India and in the South African War.
  • Personal Inscription GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY FOR HIMSELF
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