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Private DONALD THORNTON

Service Number: 3471
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOSPITAL FARM CEMETERY

B. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. S. and the late Mr. C. T. Thornton, of 2, Thorn View, Dewsbury Rd., Elland, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE HE IS DEAR TO US STILL BUT IN GRIEF WE MUST BEND TO GOD'S HOLY WILL
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