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Private JOHN THORNTON

Service Number: 1689

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 June 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

IV. U. 2.

Belgium

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Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of John and Isabella Thornton, of 59, Wynyard St., Dawdon Colliery, Co. Durham.

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