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Serjeant WILLIAM RICHARD THOMAS

Service Number: 28309
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

Priez Farm Mem. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gertrude Thomas of 6 Christopher Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil, and the late Richard Thomas.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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