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Lieutenant Colonel THOMAS BEZLEY HOUGHTON THORNE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOUST MILITARY CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

II. B. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bezley Thorne, M.D.; husband of Sylvia Houghton Thorne.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOUST MILITARY CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 228
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