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Private G THORNTON

Service Number: 315247
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XLIX. F. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Henry and Mary Thornton, of 42, Huxley St., Castle, Northwich, Cheshire. Native of Davenham, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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