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Thomas William
Kinnersley
1885
Hereford, Herefordshire
14th April 1917
Killed in action in the advance on Twin Copses on the Somme from the Holnon area of the frontline - they were consolidating an advance on Fayet - it was a success but initial casualties took place on one flank with a machine gun. Thomas was killed here but his body was never discovered.
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Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France
First World War
Private
11th Battalion Border Regiment
B Company
Herefordshire Regiment, 3rd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Remembered on the same memorial as his adopted brother Herbert 'Bertie' Stephens - who also served in the same battalions as him. Thomas probably saw his 'brother' fall - Bertie was killed in November 1916.
