Thomson William Private 81394

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Surname: Thomson;

Forename(s): William;

Initials: W;

Number: 81394;

Rank: Private;

Enlisted in: Hamilton;

Resided in: Carluke;

Previous Number: 17408;

Previous Regiment: Black Watch;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 142 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 07-Jun-1917;

Other Data: NA Scotland: SC70/8/736/6 Will of 81394 Private William THOMSON, formerly 17408 R. High., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Cause of death: Died of Wounds, France or Belgium, France and Flanders, 7 June 1917
War diary 142 Coy - re operation 7/8/9 & 10 June 1917: "….two guns attached to the 22 London Bn were in charge of Sgts Butler & Sermon in the absence of an officer. The right gun of the two, under Sgt Butler, left the assembly trench with the first wave with a view to missing the barrage. Sgt Butler was wounded by a German bomber just as he had passed the first objective, but managed to bring his assailent down with a revolver bullet. A few seconds later, Pte Thomson was fatally wounded in the chest by a bullet. The rest of the team under Pte Moore carried on until held up by machine gun fire from the German third line…..";

Other Notes: THOMSON, Private, W, 81394. 142nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 7th June 1917. Son of Mr. J. Y. Thomson, of 36, Rosebank, Carluke, Lanark. III. E. 9. Woods Cemetery - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;

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