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Lance Corporal RICHARD THOMPSON

Service Number: 16334
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. D. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Thompson, of 12, First Street East, Easington Colliery, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 134
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