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Lance Serjeant W THORNTON

Service Number: L/5889
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

II. C. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice Emily Thornton, of 57, Lonsdale Avenue, Hatherley Gardens, East Ham, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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