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James Wharton Thompson 11 years 7 months ago #18519

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In St Andrew's churchyard, Longton. Lancashire.

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Another good find!

Pte 497 JW Thompson 1st bn Scots Guards - wounded Modder River 28-11-1899 and died of wounds (not killed as on the gravestone) at Wynberg.

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The Register of the Anglo-Boer Wars 1899-1902
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www.facebook.com/boerwarregister

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Thanks for the added info, Meurig. Nice to see that he's not forgotten on Remembrance Day.

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From the Preston Guardian of 17th February 1900.

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Living as I do in South Africa, where the commemoration of the dead of the Boer War (and, indeed, other wars) is a rare event, I find it amazing and very touching that someone in Longton had the motivation and found the time to place a Remembrance Day cross on this grave.

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