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Second Lieutenant R S THICKNESSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

4th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXIX. E. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Nephew and adopted son of Ralph and Lily Thicknesse, of The Chantry, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription FIDEM SERVAVI
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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