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Corporal CHARLES WILLIAM THORNHILL

Service Number: 3601896
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NELSON CEMETERY

Sec. R.C. Grave 142.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Charles and Nerrena Thornhill; husband of Flora Stanworth Thornhill, of Nelson.
  • Personal Inscription IN SWEETEST MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

NELSON CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 59
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