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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS

Service Number: 31176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

152nd Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

IV. F. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Thomas, of Chepstow Hill, Caerleon, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHOSOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE THE SAME SHALL SAVE IT LUKE 9.24.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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