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Able Seaman GEORGE WALTER THORNSBY

Service Number: TZ/5682
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hood Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. A. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Blanche Thornsby, of 61, Bard St. Park, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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