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Corporal WILLIAM HUGH THOMAS

Service Number: 1598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

I. A. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen and the late Capt. Hugh Thomas, of 6, Harbour View Rd., Penarth, Cardiff.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFUL BE THY REST DEAR WILLIAM. 'TIS SWEET TO THINK OF THEE. MOTHER.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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