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Second Lieutenant JOSEPH HENRY BANKS THORNTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Labour Corps

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DE-NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. E. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 23rd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Thornron, of 4, St. Catherine's Raod, Lincoln.
  • Personal Inscription WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR DEAD RAISED TO LIFE. THIS MY HOPE IS LAID UP IN MY BOSOM
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Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DE-NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 137
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