9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
William Nathaniel Thom was the youngest son of William and Margaret Thom, of The Poplars, Cookstown. He joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers gaining the rank of Lance Corporal. Private Thomas Taylor reported that he was with ‘Nat’ Thom as they approached the enemy lines, and that Corporal Thom was struck in the head by a bullet.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
