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Rifleman PHILLIP ERIC THORNTON

Service Number: 6896427
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th (1st Bn. Queen Victoria's Rifles) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1941

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY

6. D. 3.

Poland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thomas Thornton and Irene Beatrice Thornton, of Dalston, London.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 529
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