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Private SYDNEY THORNTON

Service Number: 240272
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Thornton, of 15, Howard St., Cromwell Rd., Shipley, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 72151
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