Colour Serjeant PHILIP THORNTON
Service Number: 9484
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 13 October 1914
Age 33 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Medaille Militaire (France). Son of the late Charles Thornton (Q.Mr., R.N.) and Emma Mary Thornton; husband of Hilda Thornton, of 36, Greenhill, Evesham, Worcs. Served in the South African Campaign and on the North West Frontier of India (1908).
- Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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