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Gunner JAMES PERCY THORNTON

Service Number: 228511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 315th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY

I. S. 14/18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Fanny Thornton; husband of Joan E. Thornton, of 22, Ivanhoe Rd., Sefton Park, Liverpool. Director and Secretary of William Thornton & Sons, Ltd., Contractors Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 868
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