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Private WILFRED THORNTON

Service Number: 4860194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 5.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ben Wilfrid and Elsie Thornton, of Walsall, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE. "SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS"
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Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1154
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