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Sapper WILLIAM DOUGLAS THOMSON

Service Number: 48982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

18th Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY

V. B. 21.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Dougald and Elizabeth Thomson, of 34, Kelburne Drive, Paisley. Born at Greenock.
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Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3615
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