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Private Thompson Harpur

 

Harpur

 

Private Thompson Harpur, C Company, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service No. 41433. Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 1084. Born and enlisted Londonderry. Residence Belfast. Son of John James and Jeannie Harpur of 10 Glandore Street, Belfast. Native of County Donegal [sic]. Died of wounds on 18 May 1918, aged 21. Buried at Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, grave D.12. The gravestone inscription reads:

41433 PRIVATE

T. HARPUR

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

18TH MAY 1918 AGE 21

CHRIST IS ALL

HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP

UNTIL THE DAY BREAK

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.