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Private CRUISER ELDRED MOORE THORNTON

Service Number: G/12997
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1917

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IFIELD (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD, CRAWLEY

147.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cruiser Thornton and Mary Ann Thornton; husband of Alice Thornton, of 11, Victoria Rd., Shoreham-by-Sea. Born at Crawley, Sussex.
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Buried or commemorated at

IFIELD (ST. MARGARET) CHURCHYARD, CRAWLEY
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 10
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