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Private W H THORNTON

Service Number: PO/893(S)
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY

D. 54.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Sarah Thornton.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
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