Lance Bombardier JAMES DOUGLAS THORNTON
Service Number: 410417
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery
78 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regt.
Date of Death
Died 11 April 1942
Age 25 years old
Buried or commemorated at
Div. 1B. Sec. W. C. of E. Grave 60.
United Kingdom
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Thornton; husband of Lucy Gwendoline Thornton, of Bolton.
- Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW BANDSMAN C. LI. EVANS AGE 29, SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, WAS KILLED IN FRANCE 13.7.44
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