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Serjeant SAMUEL THOMPSON

Service Number: 537416
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Aux. Mil.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1940

Age 48 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

Plot 13. Row B. Grave 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick and Mary Thompson; husband of Bessie Thompson, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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