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Boatswain JOHN THORNLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Mercantile Marine

S.S. "Dido"

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1916

Age 62 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HULL WESTERN CEMETERY

499. 48171.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jonas and Eliza Thornley; Husband of Anna Thornley, of 16, Harrow St., Hull.
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Buried or commemorated at

HULL WESTERN CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 496
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