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Private CHARLES JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 5251816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 13.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Thornton, of Birmingham; husband of Phyllis Thornton, of Lozells, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR. WIFE PHYLLIS AND DAUGHTER JANICE
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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