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Private THOMAS SMITH

Service Number: 689
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. C. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Grandson of Mrs. Jane Smith, of Crown Alley, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE LIFE WHICH SPOKE SO KIND TO ME ARE NOW IN DEATH LYING COLD
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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