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Gunner CLARENCE HERBERT THORNTON

Service Number: 1832450
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LLANFAELOG (ST. MAELOG) NEW CHURCHYARD

South part of New Churchyard.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Vera Irene Mon Thornton, of West Molesey, Surrey. King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Awarded the Bronze Medal with Parchment, of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
  • Personal Inscription MAN IS JUDGED BY HIS DEEDS NOT BY HIS WORDS; WHEN DUTY CALLED YOU DID NOT SHUN
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