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Private ERNEST THORNLEY

Service Number: 17506
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"B" Coy. 20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANDFORTH (ST. CHAD) CHURCHYARD

South of the church.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Thornley, of Wilmslow Rd., Handforth.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

HANDFORTH (ST. CHAD) CHURCHYARD
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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