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Private LESLIE THORNTON

Service Number: 29209
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. E. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thornton, of 9, Dickens St., West Bowling, Bradford, Yorks.

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Buried or commemorated at

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1439
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