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Private JOSEPH THORNEYCROFT

Service Number: 3404
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWKERKE (NEUVE-EGLISE) CHURCHYARD

U. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ann Thorneycroft, of 7, Stoneley St., Burslem, Staffs, and the late George Thorneycroft.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

NIEUWKERKE (NEUVE-EGLISE) CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 108
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