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Rifleman GEORGE EDWARD THORNTON

Service Number: S/2751
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George E. and Annie Thornton, of 49, Gatton Rd., Tooting, London.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED & SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Oise France
Number of casualties: 260
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