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Private HERBERT THORNTON

Service Number: 49368
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Thornton, of 508, Lane Side, Farnley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE REMEMBERED IN DEATH HE GIVETH HIS LOVED ONES REST
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Buried or commemorated at

MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 1129
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