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Matthew Thomas

Details

Forename Matthew
Surname Thomas
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 25
Address 11 Arundel St, Wigan
Parents' Address As above
Township Wigan
Rank Captain
Occupation or place of work Assistant Photographer Edinburgh University
Regiment Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 7th Batt
Day of Death 30
Month of Death December
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Le Touret Memorial
Regiment Number n/a
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Matthew and Margaret
St Marys Church Records and Wigan Grammar School Old Boys
CWGC, Ancestry WE 15/1/16 account of his funeral mass