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Private LEONARD THORNTON

Service Number: 36981
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN

IV. E. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Thornton, of 42, Huxley St., Castle Northwich, Northwich, and the late Richard Henry Thornton.
  • Personal Inscription SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN
Nord France
Number of casualties: 747
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