Corporal ALEXANDER MOYES THAYNE
Service Number: 6517
Regiment & Unit/Ship
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
Date of Death
Died 10 April 1917
Age 27 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Alexander Moyes Thayne & Susan Kirkwood, of Musselburgh, Midlothian.
- Personal Inscription HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE A BETTER ONE
- N.B. Recent research has shown that Corporal Thayne is buried here. The Commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Arras Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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