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Private CHESTER ARTHUR THORNTON

Service Number: 307203
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (served as O'BRIEN). Son of Mrs. R. A. Thornton, of 20052, Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.; husband of Gertrude Thorpe (formerly Thornton), of 61, Spencer St., Barnsley. An American citizen who came over to enlist.
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