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Private THOMAS ORTON

Service Number: 12933
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

U. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James and of Maria Orton, of 3, Victoria St., Hinckley, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription AS DEAR TO US TODAY AS IN THE HOUR HE WENT AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 197
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