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Second Lieutenant CYRIL HENRY COMPTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 11 C.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 19th Bn. Manchester Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Rosina Compton, of Silwood Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Served in German South West Africa with 2nd Transvaal Scottish Regiment. Came overseas to enlist.
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