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Private RICHARD STANLEY JOHN THOMAS

Service Number: 17906
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. C. 23A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Henry and Elizabeth Ann Thomas, of 15, Oakland St., Bedlinog, Treharris, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription HAD HE ASKED US WELL WE KNOW WE SHOULD CRY O SPARE THIS BLOW
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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