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Son of Robert H. and Margaret Thomson, of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland.
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Robert Pirie Thomson was born in the parish of Orphir, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland on 12th April 1898. He gave a false date of birth when joined up (aged 17) on 11th September 1915. He was aged 19 when died on 26th June 1917.
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Robert Pirie Thomson was born in the parish of Orphir, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland on 12th April 1898. He gave a false date of birth when joined up (aged 17) on 11th September 1915. He was aged 19 when died on 26th June 1917.
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219279 PRIVATE R.P. THOMSON 50TH BN. CANADIAN INF. 26TH JUNE 1917 NEVER SHALL HIS MEMORY FADE
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Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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