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Private JAMES EDWARD THORNLEY

Service Number: 3710960
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1941

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

8. A. 4.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Patience Thornley, of Farnworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WE THINK OF HIM WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING AND IN THE MORNING WE DO NOT FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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