Sapper JAMES THORNTON
Service Number: 1899075
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
159 Rly. Constr. Coy.
Date of Death
Died 17 June 1940
Age 25 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Thornton; husband of Annice Thornton, of Kirkham, Lancashire.
- Personal Inscription HE NOBLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL. "AT REST"
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