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Private THOMAS THORNTON

Service Number: 53452
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Merinda Thornton, of 18, Queen St., Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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