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Private WILFRED THORNTON

Service Number: F/89238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

I, A, 5.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Thornton, and of Sarah Thornton, of Donkin, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A FAITHFUL SOLDIER'S NOBLE END AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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