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Private R THORNTON

Service Number: 1699
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1919

Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Screen Wall.

United Kingdom

COMMEM IN MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY BUT BURIED IN ST MICHAEL CHYD EXTN - ASHTON UNDER LYNE

Photographer: Terry Boynes

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Alternative Commemoration - buried in Ashton-under-Lyne (St. Michael) Churchyard Extension.
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Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1279
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