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Private JOHN THOMPSON

Service Number: 17840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas George and Eliza Jane Thompson, of 10, Marsland Place, Thornbury, Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR SILENT SORROW EVERLASTING LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 876
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