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Rifleman JOHN HENRY TOMBS

Service Number: 451490
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)

1st/11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Q. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Tombs, of 7, Charter Buildings, Berry St., Clerkenwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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