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Private ERNEST THORNLEY

Service Number: 4464856
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1943

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 21.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Maria Thornley, of Pudsey, Yorkshire; husband of Lily Thornley, of Pudsey.
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Buried or commemorated at

TABARKA RAS RAJEL WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 500
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