Lurgan's Dead from
The Great War 1914-18
Thomas Thompson
Private Thompson, T.
10718
Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
who died on
10 April 1915. Aged 22
Additional Information:
Son of John and Mary Thompson,
of 15, Ann St., Lurgan, Co. Armagh.
Thomas was badly wounded during the battle of Neuve Chapelle on Easter Sunday, he died from the wounds he received in 13th
General Hospital Boulogne, on Saturday, 10th April 1915. Prior to his enlistment, Thomas had been employed as a linen weaver. At the outbreak of the
war, Thomas was already serving with the military in India, a well-known sportsman and runner he was a
member of the harriers that won the Bombay Cup in 1914. Thomas had returned to Europe with the Indian
Contingent
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Cemetery:
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| Grave or Reference Panel Number:
III. D. 85.
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Compiled by Ken Austin from information supplied by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. www.cwgc.org. Our thanks to Richard Edgar for additional information.
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