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Rifleman JOHN LAWLESS THOMPSON

Service Number: 17/217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. D. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert James Thompson, of 47, Enfield St., Woodvale Rd., Belfast, and the late Letitia Thompson.
  • Personal Inscription LET HIM SLEEP, SWEETLY SLEEP TILL THE CALL OF THE ROLL ON HIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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