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Captain PERCY ARTHUR HENRY THORNILEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY

B. 75.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Percy Wright Thorniley and Annie Rebecca, his wife, of Hole Head, Dawlish, Devon.
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 181
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