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Private CHARLES THORNTON

Service Number: 15090
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITE CITY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

B. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Leah Thornton, of 57, Lewis St., Derby. Born at Stafford.
  • Personal Inscription BE LIBERTY'S ETERNAL GAIN THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITE CITY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 95
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