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Company Serjeant Major THOMAS HENRY STRAW

Service Number: R/440
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

V. C. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Straw, of 50, Clifton St., Carbrook, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST CAN UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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