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Serjeant ARTHUR WAKEFIELD THOMPSON

Service Number: 40554
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

VII. G. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas and M. Thompson, of 600 Bristol Rd., Bournbrook, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF FOUR BROTHERS WHO ALL ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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