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Corporal WILLIAM HENRY THORNTON

Service Number: 3523053
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 30 May 1940 and 01 June 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 2 Row 15 Grave 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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