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Private WILLIAM RICHARD TOMPKINS

Service Number: 265540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

C. 25.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Lizzie Thompkins, of Maesteg, Glam.; husband of Eva Tompkins, of 25, Hearts of Oak Cottages, Caerau, Bridgend.
  • Personal Inscription WE WILL CLASP YOUR HAND IN A BETTER LAND NEVER TO PART AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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