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Lance Serjeant WILLIAM EDWIN THOMPSON

Service Number: 61
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1914

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

III. A. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Step-son of Thomas Weedon, of 40, Carr Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM O LORD FROM BROTHER & SISTERS FLEETWOOD
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Buried or commemorated at

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