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Private H THORNLEY

Service Number: 33703
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

E. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Hannah Thornley; husband of Lily Pickup (formerly Thornley), of 60, Portland St., Accrington, Lancs.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 146
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