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Lance Corporal WILLIAM EDWIN GRIFFITH THOMPSON

Service Number: 6699
Regiment & Unit/Ship

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

"C" Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1914

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

III. B. 39.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Thompson, of 264, Iffley Rd., Oxford.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS NO DEATH FOR THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE

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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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