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Private ROY THOMSON

Service Number: 265268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 January 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

L. 7.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Thomson, of 57, St. Andrew's Rd., Pollokshields, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE GRAVE WHERE YOU'RE LAID ONLY TO LAY A FLOWER AT YOUR HEAD, MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 5887
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