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Sapper THOMAS WRIGHTSON

Service Number: 79508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

176th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 January 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY

I. F. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Jane Wrightson, of Morton Acres, Fence Houses, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription THOU SHALT BE MISSED BECAUSE THY SEAT WILL BE EMPTY
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Buried or commemorated at

GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 942
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