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Corporal GEORGE WILLIAM THORNTON

Service Number: 15418
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT

VI. K. 7A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Thornton; husband of Ellen Emily Thornton, of 65, Muriel Avenue, Toronto. Born at Hounslow, Middx., England.
  • Personal Inscription FORGOTTEN TO THE WORLD BY SOME YOU MAY BE BUT DEAR TO MY MEMORY YOU WILL EVER BE
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Buried or commemorated at

MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2358
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